1. Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
By Sarah Peacock
10/15/2016
By: S.P.

2. Interesting Facts About His Name
Full Name: Albert Einstein
Name Means: To Surround with Stone
Ethnic Background: German Jew
Albert Einstein's full name is "Albert Einstein." He has no middle names and received the name at his birth in 1879 in the German Empire.
Albert Einstein shared his last name with his parents, Hermann and Pauline Einstein.
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The surname Einstein was common among German Jews at the time. It translates roughly to "to surround with stone."
The name Albert, meaning both "noble" and "bright," became popular in Germany in the late 19th century, around the time of Albert Einstein's birth.
He is a German Jew.
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3. Birthplace and Date Date of Birth: March 14, 1879
Where: Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany
Interesting Facts About His Birthplace:
Historically - Imperial Free City
Currently - Economic center and location of the University of Ulm
Famous for - World’s largest church & birthplace of Albert Einstein
Date of Birth: March 14, 1879
Where: Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany
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Interesting Facts:
Born in a city that was founded in 850 and was formerly a Free Imperial City
Free Imperial Cities were only subject to the authority of the Roman emperor or German king.
Today, is the economic center and the seat of the University of Ulm.
His birthplace is famous for:
A Lutheran church, which is the tallest church in the world. It is 530 feet tall and has 768 steps. This is the fourth tallest building before the 20th century.
Birthplace of Albert Einstein
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4. Died: April 18, 1955 Refused Surgery – Died from Internal Bleeding
Interesting Facts:
76 Years Old
Last Act: Preparing a television speech to celebrate the State of Israel’s 7th Anniversary.
After Death: Brain was removed without family’s permission.
Albert Einstein died on April 18, This was eight months after my grandmother was born.
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On 17 April 1955, Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.[125] 
Einstein refused surgery, saying: "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."[127]
Interesting Facts:
He died in Princeton Hospital early the next morning at the age of 76, having continued to work until near the end.
He took the draft of a speech he was preparing for a television appearance commemorating the State of Israel's seventh anniversary with him to the hospital, but he did not live long enough to complete it.[126]
After his death, the pathologist at Princeton Hospital, removed Einstein's brain for preservation without the permission of his family, in the hope that the neuroscience of the future would be able to discover what made Einstein so intelligent.[128]  Einstein's remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered at an undisclosed location.[129][130]
At Einstein's memorial service, a nuclear physicist summarized his impression of him as a person: "... There was always with him a wonderful purity at once childlike and profoundly stubborn."[131]
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"I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.“ – Albert Einstein
"... There was always with him a wonderful purity at once childlike and profoundly stubborn."

5. Early Education Elementary Teachers’ Thoughts:
Poor Student – Possibly mentally handicapped
Unable to speak with ease and grace at age nine
Einstein’s Early Accomplishments:
Started playing the violin at age six
Fascinated with the laws of nature, including the unseen force directing the needle of a compass
Discovered geometry at age twelve
Mastered calculus (form of higher math) by age sixteen
Albert Einstein’s early years were very different from later in life.
Elementary Teacher’s Thoughts:
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He was a poor student, and some of his teachers thought he might be retarded (mentally handicapped).
He was unable to speak with ease and grace even at the age nine.
Einstein’s Early Accomplishments:
He began playing the violin at age six and would continue to play throughout his life.
At young age, he was fascinated with the laws of nature, including the unseen force directing the needle of a compass.
At age twelve he discovered geometry (the study of points, lines, and surfaces) and was delighted by its clear and certain proofs.
Einstein mastered calculus (a form of higher mathematics used to solve problems in physics and engineering) by age sixteen.
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6. Higher Education Secondary Education (High School): College:
Disliked school’s teaching methods.
Dropped out of school at age 15.
College:
Failed first college entrance exam.
Followed college principal’s advice - Obtained his diploma at the Cantonal School in Aarau, Switzerland.
Attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School 1896.
Changed his focus from math to physics.
Secondary Education (High School):
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He disliked the school’s teaching methods. He later wrote that the spirit of learning and creative thought was lost in strict rote learning. This means learning something by memorizing it without thinking about what it means. 
Dropped out of school at age 15 and left Germany to avoid state- mandated military service, but before then he was consistently at the top of his class .
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Einstein failed his first college entrance exam. He passed the math part, but he failed the botany, zoology, and language sections.
The college’s principal suggested he earn his high school diploma before taking the college entrance exam again. He studied and earned a diploma at the Cantonal School in Switzerland.
In 1896, he was admitted into the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School.
In college, he realized that he was more interested in physics than mathematics.
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7. Parents and Sibling Parents: Hermann and Pauline Einstein
Ethnic Background: Jewish parents
Sister: Maja Einstein
Moved To: Albert moved to Munich at age one.
Family’s Occupation: Founded an electrical equipment company
Father: Hermann Einstein, an engineer and salesman Mother: Pauline Einstein, She is credited with shaping Albert’s method for working through problems. He was to never give up until he had mastered the problem.
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Ethnic Background: Both parents are Jewish.
Sister: He had a younger sister, Maja. His sister was also very smart and earned a doctorate in Romance literature from the University of Bern.
Moved To: The family moved from Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany to Munich when Albert was one.
Family’s Occupation: Albert’s father and uncle founded a company that made electrical equipment based on direct current.
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8. Religion and His Family
Not raised as a practicing Jew.
Went to a Catholic school.
Sought out the Jewish faith & later stopped practicing.
Could not tolerate it when people said he did not believe in God.
Albert Einstein’s Family:
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His parents were both Jewish; however, they were not practicing Jews. Einstein's parents did not teach their child any religious practices.
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In fact, they sent Einstein to a Catholic school.
Einstein sought them out the Jewish faith and was a practicing devout Jew for awhile. He later abandoned the practice.
Many have cited Einstein was an atheist; however, he was not an atheist. (An atheist is someone who does not believe God is real.) Einstein could not tolerate that people would say he did not believe there is a God. Though not traditionally religious, Einstein felt a deep connection to his Jewish heritage.
Einstein’s Family:
Einstein’s was married to Mileva Maric, in He met her when they were at the University together. They had a daughter, Lieserl and two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard. There are no pictures of his daughter. Later, Albert and Mileva divorced in 1919.
Einstein married a second time to his cousin, Elsa Löwenthal, who died in 1936.
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9. Special Theory of Relativity
What He Discovered =
Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence formula: E = mc2 has been called "the world's most famous equation“.
This formula explains how mass and energy are related. It explains how much energy is created when mass is converted totally into energy.
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This led to the development of the atom bomb that helped end world war two. However, Einstein later regretted the development of the bomb.
Special Theory of Relativity – determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and he showed that the speed of light within a vacuum is the same no matter the speed at which an observer travels.
As a result, he found that space and time were interwoven into a single continuum known as space-time. 
Events that occur at the same time for one observer could occur at different times for another.
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10. What He Discovered General Theory of Relativity
General Theory of Relativity - This theory looked at gravity along with the Special Theory of Relativity. For example: It is not gravity that makes the earth rotate around the sun. Instead, the sun has warped the space around it, and space is pushing the earth around the sun.
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This image shows how the earth has warped the space around the planet.
The General Theory of Relativity changed the way we think about space. It was the biggest discovery on gravity in 250 years.
It is one of the two foundations of modern physics.
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11. What He Discovered Law of the Photoelectric Effect Examples:
He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics, especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
The photoelectric effect caused scientists to think about light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation in new way. Photoelectric is the relationship between the intensity of the light shined on a piece of metal and the amount of electric current produced.
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Examples:
Photocells are commonly used in factories. Items on a conveyor belt pass between a beam of light and a photocell. As each item passes the beam, it interrupts the light, the current in the photocell stops, and a counter is turned on. With this method, the exact number of items leaving the factory can be counted.
Photocells are also installed on light poles to turn street lights on and off at dusk and dawn. In addition, photocells are used as exposure meters in cameras.
They measure the exact amount of light entering a camera, allowing a photographer to adjust the camera's lens to the correct setting.
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12. Interesting Facts
U.S. officials believed that Einstein was a soviet spy.
Einstein offered the position of President of Israel.
Albert Einstein charged for his autograph and gave the money to charity.
He was a great violinist.
Yes, his controversial political beliefs, support for socialism, civil rights, and nuclear disarmament led some to believe he was dangerous. Even, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, even thought he was a spy For 22 years, Hoover’s agents tapped Einstein’s phones, opened his mail, rifled through his trash and even bugged his secretary’s nephew’s house, all to prove that he was more radical (as his 1,500-page FBI dossier noted) than “even Stalin himself.”
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In 1952, Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, asked his friend Albert Einstein to take the position of President of Israel. Einstein turned down the offer. Einstein supported Israel. Einstein felt that he did not have the people skills to be a world leader.
Albert Einstein charged money for his autograph and gave the money to charity.
Einstein was a great musician. If he had given up science, he could have become a great violinist. He loved music and had played the violin since he was five.
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13. Historical Events
Solar eclipse confirms general relativity theory on November 6, 1919.
Einstein encouraged the President of the United States to create the atomic bomb.
No more nukes was Einstein’s message after U.S. dropped the bomb on Japan.
On November 6, 1919, a solar eclipse allowed scientists to observe the general relativity theory in action. The news was announced at a ceremonial meeting of the Royal Society of London. Einstein becomes famous.
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Einstein wrote a letter to the President of the United States during World War 2 encouraging him to create the atomic bomb, since Germany was getting close to building a bomb. Einstein believed America needed the atomic bomb before the Nazis. Due to his political views, the U.S. Army would not give him a security clearance to work on the bomb.
However, after the bombs were dropped on Japan, Einstein once again took up his cause. In a speech, he warns the world of the dangers they now faced following the invention of the atomic bomb.
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14. Awards
Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science Nobel Prize in Physics – 1921
Copley Medal – 1925
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society – 1926
Max Planck Medal – 1929
Franklin Medal – 1935
Honorary degrees
Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science Nobel Prize in Physics – 1921 (for law of the photoelectric effect)
Copley Medal – 1925 (for his theory of relativity and his contributions to the quantum theory)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society – (outstanding personal researches in the fields of astronomy and geophysics)
Max Planck Medal – 1929 (for extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics)
Franklin Medal – 1935 (for his extensive work on relativity and the photo-electric effect)
Honorary degrees (at Princeton University, Harvard University, Oxford University, and several more)
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15. Museums & Places Named After Einstein
Bernisches Historisches Museum / Einstein Museum - Bern, Switzerland
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, New York City
Albert Einstein Mathematics Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Albert Einstein Academy Charter School, San Diego, California
His Childhood School Named: Albert Einstein Gymnasium
Albert Einstein Hospital, Brazil
Bernisches Historisches Museum / Einstein Museum - Bern, Switzerland
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, New York City
Albert Einstein Mathematics Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Albert Einstein Academy Charter School, San Diego, California
His Childhood School Named: Albert Einstein Gymnasium
Albert Einstein Hospital, Brazil
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16. Sources
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17. The End
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