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Albert Einstein
Born :- 14 March 1879, Ulm, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, German Empire
Died :- 18 April 1955 (aged 76), Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Residence :- Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, United States
Citizenship :- Kingdom of Württemberg (1879–1896), Stateless (1896–1901), Switzerland (1901–1955), Austria–Hungary (1911–1912), German Empire (1914–1918), Weimar Republic (1919-March 1933), United States (1940–1955).
Fields :- Physics
Known for :- General relativity and special relativity, Photoelectric effect, Mass-energy equivalence, Etc.
Notable awards :- Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), Matteucci Medal (1921), Copley Medal (1925), Max Planck Medal (1929), Time Person of the Century (1999)
Spouse :- Mileva Maric (1903–1919), Elsa Lowenthal (1919–1936) [Children :- Lieserl (1902-1903), Hans Albert (1904-1973), Eduard "Tete" (1910-1965)]
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Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"), he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory.
Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity.
He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on the general theory of relativity.
He was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and did not go back to Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
He settled in the U.S., becoming an American citizen in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he helped alert President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Germany might be developing an atomic weapon and recommended that the U.S. begin similar research; this eventually led to what would become the Manhattan Project.
Einstein was in support of defending the Allied forces, but largely denounced using the new discovery of nuclear fission as a weapon. Later, with the British philosopher Bertrand Russell, Einstein signed the Russell–Einstein Manifesto, which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons.
Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works. His great intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with genius.
Born :- 14 March 1879, Ulm, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, German Empire
Died :- 18 April 1955 (aged 76), Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Residence :- Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, United States
Citizenship :- Kingdom of Württemberg (1879–1896), Stateless (1896–1901), Switzerland (1901–1955), Austria–Hungary (1911–1912), German Empire (1914–1918), Weimar Republic (1919-March 1933), United States (1940–1955).
Fields :- Physics
Known for :- General relativity and special relativity, Photoelectric effect, Mass-energy equivalence, Etc.
Notable awards :- Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), Matteucci Medal (1921), Copley Medal (1925), Max Planck Medal (1929), Time Person of the Century (1999)
Spouse :- Mileva Maric (1903–1919), Elsa Lowenthal (1919–1936) [Children :- Lieserl (1902-1903), Hans Albert (1904-1973), Eduard "Tete" (1910-1965)]
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Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"), he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory.
Near the beginning of his career, Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. This led to the development of his special theory of relativity.
He realized, however, that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields, and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916, he published a paper on the general theory of relativity.
He was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and did not go back to Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
He settled in the U.S., becoming an American citizen in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he helped alert President Franklin D. Roosevelt that Germany might be developing an atomic weapon and recommended that the U.S. begin similar research; this eventually led to what would become the Manhattan Project.
Einstein was in support of defending the Allied forces, but largely denounced using the new discovery of nuclear fission as a weapon. Later, with the British philosopher Bertrand Russell, Einstein signed the Russell–Einstein Manifesto, which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons.
Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works. His great intellectual achievements and originality have made the word "Einstein" synonymous with genius.