AlbertEinsteinwasatheoreticalphysicist.Heisbestknownforhistheoriesofspecialrelativityandgeneralrelativityinthe20thcentury.
AlbertEinsteinwasborninUlm,intheKingdomofWürttembergintheGermanEmpireonMarch14,1879.HisfatherwasHermannEinstein,asalesmanandengineer.HismotherwasPaulineEinstein.
In1894,hiswholefamilymovedtoPavia,andEinsteinstayedinMunichtofinishhisstudiesattheLuitpoldGymnasium.Hisfatherintendedforhimtopursueelectricalengineering,butEinsteinclashedwithauthoritiesandresentedtheschool'sregimenandteachingmethod.Helaterwrotethatthespiritoflearningandcreativethoughtwerelostinstrictrotelearning.Inthespringof1895,hewithdrewtojoinhisfamilyinPavia,convincingtheschooltolethimgobyusingadoctor'snote.Duringthistime,Einsteinwrotehisfirstscientificwork,"TheInvestigationoftheStateofAetherinMagneticFields".
EinsteinapplieddirectlytotheEidgenössischePolytechnischeSchule(laterEidgenössischeTechnischeHochschule(ETH))inZürich,Switzerland.Lackingtherequisitegymnasiumcertificate,hetookanentranceexamination,whichhefailed,althoughhegotexceptionalmarksinmathematicsandphysics.TheEinsteinssentAlberttoAarau,innorthernSwitzerlandtofinishsecondaryschool.InAarau,EinsteinstudiedMaxwell'selectromagnetictheory.Atage17,hegraduated,and,withhisfather'sapproval,renouncedhiscitizenshipintheGermanKingdomofWürttembergtoavoidmilitaryservice,andenrolledin1896inthemathematicsandphysicsprogramatthePolytechnicinZurich.MarieWintelermovedtoOlsberg,Switzerlandforateachingpost.
Einsteinreceivedthe1921NobelPrizeinPhysics"forhisservicestoTheoreticalPhysics,andespeciallyforhisdiscoveryofthelawofthephotoelectriceffect."
HiswholefamilymovedtoUSAin1933.
On17April1955,AlbertEinsteinexperiencedinternalbleedingcausedbytheruptureofanabdominalaorticaneurysm.HediedinPrincetonHospitalearlythenextmorningattheageof76.
AlbertEinsteinlovedmusicandpeace.Heopposedagainstwars.Heiscasualandnoteagerinfameandwealth.