A Truly Beautiful Mind - G9 - Value Points | Exercise | Extra QAs
Albert Einstein - Theoretical physicist Life span: 14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955 Key Contributions: Theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, mass–energy equivalence formula (E=mc^2) Nobel Prize in Physics: 1921 for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect Birth and Early Life : Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany. His mother perceived him as unusual due to his larger head and late speech development. Education : He attended school in Munich and later moved to Switzerland to complete his education. Einstein excelled in mathematics and physics, eventually graduating from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich in 1900. Early Career : After graduation, Einstein worked as a teaching assistant and became a technical expert at the Bern patent office in 1902. During this time, he secretly developed his own scientific theories. Key The