Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879 and grew up fascinated by science and mathematics. He developed his theory of relativity in 1905 which revolutionized physics and our understanding of space and time. Einstein's most famous equation, E=mc2, helped the United States develop the atomic bomb during World War 2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect. Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 but declined. He is considered one of the greatest scientists of all time for his revolutionary ideas and theories.