Albert Einstein was famous as an author and brilliant Physicist in pioneering work with his special theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence: E = mc2 | |
| | | Short Biography of Albert Einstein
Date of Birth: Born on March 14, 1879
Place of Birth : Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
Parents: Father - Hermann Einstein
Mother: Pauline Einstein (née Koch)
Background Facts, Information & Ancestry : Ashkenazi Jewish | | 1879 | This timeline starts on March 14, 1879 when Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany. His parents were Hermann and Pauline Einstein | | 1880 | The family move to Munich | | 1881 | His sister Maja (Maria) is born | | 1884 | The Compass - When he was only five years old his father showed Albert a pocket compass and he was fascinated by the thought that something unseen was moving the needle | | 1885 -1888 | The Einstein family did not observe Jewish religious practices and Albert attended a Catholic elementary school | | 1889 | Albert Einstein is introduced to a family friend called Max Talmud who introduced the boy to books on science and mathematics. Albert starts his quest for facts and information available about the sciences. He attends the Luitpold-Gymnasium in Munich for the next six years | | 1894 | Due to financial reasons the Einstein family move from Munich to Pavia, Italy. Albert is left in Munich to finish his studies but soon decides to follow the family to Italy | | 1895 | He is sent to the Swiss town of Aarau to finish high school. | | 1896 | Albert graduates from high school at the age of 17 and enrols at the ETH (the Federal Polytechnic) in Zurich. He renounces his German citizenship | | 1898 | Albert meets and falls in love with Mileva Maric, a Hungarian classmate at the ETH | | 1900 | Einstein graduates in 1900 from ETH with a degree in physics | | 1901 | February 21: Albert Einstein acquires