Albert Einstein was the smartest physicist in the world with an IQ of 160. He was born in 1879 in Germany to Jewish parents, though they did not strictly follow the Jewish religion. Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics and is most famous for his equation E=mc^2. After his death in 1955 from internal bleeding, his brain was stolen and kept for 40 years by a pathologist, Thomas Harvey, before parts were placed in The Mütter Museum.

1. A) Answer the questions after reading the story.
Name: _____________
1. How much his IQ was? __________________________
2. When he was born? _____________________________
3. What religion his parents were? ___________________
4. What was his sister’s name? ______________________
5. What kind of Nobel Prize did Albert won?
____________________________________________
6. What was the cause that Albert died?
____________________________________________
7. Who stole his brain after he died? __________________
B) Circle True or False.
1. Albert is known for
E=mc². (T/F)
2. His parents followed
Jews. (T/F)
3. Thomas kept Albert’s
brain in his basement
for 40 years. (T/F)
4. His brain in parts is
now in The Mütter
Museum. (T/F)
Albert Einstein was the smartest physicist in the
world. His IQ was 160. He is also known for E=mc²,
the most famous equation. He was born on 14 March
1879, in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Empire. His parents were Jewish. However, they
were not following Jews. Albert’s father, Hermann
Einstein was a featherbed salesman and eventually,
he ran into an electrochemical factory with a
success. Albert’s former mother, Pauline Koch ran a
family household. Albert had a sister; her name was
Maja. She was born two years after Albert was
born. Albert won the Nobel Prize for the
explanation of Physics. Eventually, he went to the
U.S.A after he was targeted by the German Nazi
Party. Eventually, on April 17, 1955, he died because
he had internal bleeding. After he died, his brain
was stolen by a pathologist, Thomas Harvey. Thomas
kept Albert’s brain for 40 years in his basement.
Albert’s brain was broken in pieces. Now, his brain
in parts is now in The Mütter Museum.

2. Keys
A) Answer the questions after reading the story.
1. How much his IQ was? His IQ was 160.
2. When he was born? He was born on 14 March 1879.
3. What religion his parents were? They were Jewish.
4. What was his sister’s name? His sister’s name was Maja.
5. What kind of Nobel Prize did Albert win? He won the Nobel Prize for the
explanation of Physics.
6. What was the cause that Albert died? He died because he had internal bleeding.
7. Who stole his brain after he died? Thomas Harveys stole Albert’s brain.
B) Circle True or False.
1. Albert is known for E=mc². (T/F)
2. His parents followed Jews. (T/F)
3. Thomas kept Albert’s brain in his basement for 40 years. (T/F)
4. His brain in parts is now in The Mütter Museum. (T/F)