2. Background
Born in Germany
14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955
Married to Mileva Maric
Elsa Einstein
theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity
. Hermann and Pauline Einstein. awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 1921, He died in Princeton Hospital at the age of 76 from internal bleeding.
The Compass - When he was only five years old his father showed Albert a pocket compass and he was fascinated by the thought that something unseen was moving the needlenon-observant JewsPatent office - spare time, he produced much of his remarkable workbecame Professor Extraordinary at Zurich, in 1911 Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague. moved to Munich, Italy, Switzerland
1905 is known as Einstein's "Wonderful Year”. been dubbed "the world's most famous equation.
Message to President Roosevelt that Germany might build an atomic bomb
