1. Albert Einstein Mrs. Bisset November 15, 2005

2. Biography Information Born March 14 1879 - Ulm, Germany, died April 18 1955, Princeton, USA Became a Swiss citizen Attended the Zurich Polytechnic, graduated in 1900 as a teacher of mathematics and physics Earned a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1905

3. Contributions Researched terms of the tensor calculus, called the general theory of relativity Predicted how a ray of a starlight, passing near the Sun, would appear bent, in the direction of the Sun Principle of equivalence Nobel Prize winner in 1921

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