Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879 and died in 1955 at the age of 76. He attended several schools in Germany and Switzerland and received his PhD from the University of Zurich. Einstein is most famous for his theory of relativity and mass-energy equivalence formula E=mc2. He discovered that light has both wave-like and particle-like properties. Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 and many other awards for his revolutionary scientific work and theories. His theories led to many modern technological innovations and he is considered one of the most influential scientists of all time.