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Albert Einstein By Sophie Mc Nicholl
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Introduction Albert Einstein was one of the world’s greatest scientists (a physicist). He developed the “Theory of relativity” The Theory of Relativity” is about the speed of light (very fast) and how you might understand how fast its moving depending on where you were standing looking at it. its very complicated but enormously important. Albert Einstein wrote his first scientific paper at 16 years old, published his first scientific paper at 22 years old, and published over 2300 papers in his lifetime.
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Biography Early Life Born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, Albert Einstein grew up in a middle-class Jewish family. His father, Hermann Einstein, was a salesman and engineer. . His mother, the former Pauline Koch, ran the family household. Einstein had one sister, Maja, born two years after him. Einstein attended elementary school . He enjoyed classical music and played the violin beautifully . He was slow in learning to speak and a poor student, but found inspiration when playing his violin
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MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Albert Einstein and his first wife Mileva Maric met while studying at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and were married in Letters between the couple reveal Maric helped Einstein by looking up scientific data, checking calculations, and copying notes. Before marriage Einstein’s parents did not approve of Mileva because she was Serbian and Orthodox Christian. The couple had a daughter before marriage in 1902 who either died or was adopted . They married one year later. The marriage only went ahead because Einstein got a humble job and his father, who became seriously ill, gave him a blessing to marry. The couple had a son in 1904 Hans Albert. Their second son, Eduard, was born in 1910. Einstein and Mileva divorced in Mileva died in 1919
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Second Marriage Einstein married his second wife : Elsa. The marriage took place in the same year (1919) in which his first wife died although he had divorced from Mileva, 2 years earlier. Einstein had written love letters to Elsa even when his first wife was alive. Before becoming involved with Einstein, Elsa had been married and divorced. She had two daughters, Ilse and Margot, from this relationship. Einstein eventually became like a father to her children. Elsa died in 1936
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End of Story Elsa and Albert Einstein moved from Germany to the United States in October They did not agree with the Nazis. Einstein became a professor of theoretical physics at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study in New Jersey. He died in 1955 aged 76 years old from heart failure.
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“If you can’t explain it simply you don’t understand it well enough”
Quote “If you can’t explain it simply you don’t understand it well enough”
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THE END
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