Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein

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Why I chose this person?
• I think that Einstein was a talented man
• I want to know more about the achievements
of this man
• And of course I want to
talk about him to my
classmates

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He developed several important physical theories:
Einstein published
more than 300
scientific papers
along with over 150
non-scientific works,
and received
honorary doctorate
degrees in science,
medicine and
philosophy from
many European and
American
universities.

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Albert Einstein was born in the German
Empire on 14 March 1879
His father was Hermann Einstein,
a salesman and engineer. His
mother was Pauline Einstein
Einstein at
the age of 4
In 1894, his father's company failed.
In search of business, the Einstein
family moved to Italy,
first to Milan and then, a few
months later, to Pavia.

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In the spring of 1895, he withdrew
to join his family in Pavia,
convincing the school to let him
go by using a doctor's note.
In 1896 he enrolled in the four
year mathematics and physics
teaching diploma program at the
Polytechnic in Zurich.
Albert
Einstein
in
1893

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On 30 April 1905, he completed his thesis, with
Alfred Kleiner, Professor of Experimental
Physics, serving as pro-forma advisor. Einstein
was awarded a PhD by the University of
Zurich. His dissertation was entitled "A New
Determination of Molecular Dimensions"

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By 1908, he was recognized as a
leading scientist, and he was
appointed lecturer at the
In 1911, he had calculated that,
University of Berne.
based on his new theory of
In 1921, Einstein
general relativity, light from
was awarded the
another star would be bent by the
Nobel Prize in
Sun's gravity.
Physics.

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In 1922, he traveled
throughout Asia and
later to Palestine, as
part of a six-month
excursion and speaking
tour.
Einstein visited New York City
for the first time on 2 April 1921,
where he received an official
welcome by the Mayor,
followed by three weeks of
lectures and receptions.