Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. He lived there with his parents, Herman and Pauline.
Einstein attended a Catholic school near his home. At age 10, he was transferred to the Luitpold Gymnasium” where he learned Latin, Greek, history, and geography. Einstein’s father wanted him to attend a university, but he could not because he did not have a diploma from the Gymnasium. However, there was a solution to this problem over the Alps in Zurich.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology did not require a diploma to attend, but it did require applicants to pass an entrance exam. However, another problem arose: most scholars were 18 when they entered the institute, and Einstein was only 16. On January 6, 1903, Einstein married Mileva Maric in Berne.
The two witnesses at the small, quiet wedding were Maurice Solovine and Conard Habicht. After the wedding, there was a meal to celebrate at a local restaurant, but no honeymoon. After the meal, the newlyweds returned to their new home.
It was a small flat, about 100 yards away from Bere’s famous clock tower. Upon returning home, a small incident occurred, which was to occur many times throughout Einstein’s life: he had forgotten his key. In 1904, they had a child, Hans Albert. In that same year, he received a job at the Swiss patent office. In 1905, Einstein published three of his four famous papers: On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light,” “On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat,” and “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.” In autumn of 1922, Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.
He did not receive the prize for his theory of relativity” because it was thought that at the time it did not meet the criteria for a Nobel Prize. When the prize was awarded to him, it was for his work on the photoelectric effect. If his theory of relativity is proven false, the prize was not for that. If his theory of relativity is proven correct, the prize was for that. Einstein died on April 18, 1955, from a “leakage of blood from a hardened aorta.” He refused the surgery that could have saved his life, and the doctors told him that he could go anytime from a minute to a few days.
Einstein still refused the surgery. The day passed quietly, and on Saturday morning, Einstein seemed to be better. However, he began to experience intense pain. His nurse called the doctor, who arrived quickly and persuaded Einstein that he would be better off in a hospital. An ambulance was called, and Einstein was taken to the hospital. On Sunday, he told his daughter, Don’t let the house become a museum.” He died the next day.
