Inside Einstein's Life: The Father Of The Atomic Bomb

Inside Einstein’s life Albert Einstein was one of the most influential men of the twentieth century, through his amazing scientific discoveries in physics and in nuclear energy, and his impact during the Second World War. This man is best well known for his formula E=mc² which “shows the relationship between energy and mass” (Pakhare). Einstein was also credited and recognized for the creation of the atomic bomb, and not only that but his theory of relativity. One amazing statement said about Einstein was that he had been called “the father of the atomic bomb” (Pakhare). There has been many fascinating facts that most of the general public do not know about Einstein, for example he quit high school at the age of 15, he loved to sail,
never wore socks, and not only that but was noted as being an obsessed smoker. After his death in 1955, Einstein had been cremated by his wishes, although before this, a pathologist named Thomas Harvey kept his brain for “scientific research”. Through all of his works, Einstein is considered one of the most brilliant men in the world, and his works will continue to amaze people generations from now. Albert Einstein was “born in Ulm, Germany, on March 14, 1879” (Rosenberg).
He grew up in a middle-class Jewish family. Einstein was the “first child of Pauline and Hermann Einstein” (Kovalchik). When he was born medical professionals believed that he had autism or Asperger syndrome. As Einstein was growing up, he had many problems, for example he had speech difficulties as a child, when he actually learned how to speak at the age of three, and he was not saying small phrases but actually speaking in full length sentences. When he attended elementary school he excelled in his academics, he also enjoyed classical music, and his mother had taught him how to play the violin (Kovalchick). At the age of twelve he was captivated by a geometry book, he would read it over and over. After quitting high school at the age of 15, he moved to Italy, there he attended a congenial Swiss High School. He graduated at the age of 17, and at that time he had also renounced his German citizenship in order to prevent being drafted into the military. The following year he entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, here Einstein had claimed to be the happiest years of his life because there he met his future wife, and she was known as Mileva Maric
(Pakhare). Einstein had many great accomplishments; one for example was trying to provide evidence and proof that there was existence of molecules through “browain motion”.
Overall there were four major areas that Einstein contributed to: “light, time, energy, and gravity” (Pakhare). Before coming up with the equation E=mc², scientist believed that energy and mass were two different things, Einstein’s theory was that mass and energy were “different forms of the same thing” (Rosenberg).He had also explained that “energy came in chunks or quanta, now called ‘Photons’” (Kovalchik). In 1921 Einstein had won the Nobel Prize for his services to Theoretical Physics. Theoretical Physics is a certain branch of physics that helps describe certain aspects of nature (Rosenburg). A great example of Theoretical Physics was explaining why the sky was blue; in 1910 he did so by explaining that the molecules of the light in the atmosphere where scattering. During World War II, Einstein was in the United States in order to help build a new weapon of mass destruction to help cease the fighting between the world. When the U.S had amassed the Atomic Bomb and had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it had been said that after he had seen the destruction of the bomb he completely regretted the
bombing. Einstein affected society in many different ways, his works helped create the invention of the television, nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. Not only that, but because of his theory of relativity scientists are now able to understand the universe better, and how it functions. Through the theory of Relativity he revealed that space and time were not absolute, the only thing that was constant was light. In the eyes of the public he was considered an “old testament prophet, in his last years of life” (Sayen 293). After the creation of the first Atomic bomb, scientists where able to go off of that and build bigger and more dangerous weapons in order to protect the United States. Also coming from nuclear weapons Einstein also sought to use this nuclear power as a form of energy. Although there was many people who opposed of this idea, many other scientist saw it as a great notion. Today we use many Nuclear Reactors to power all off our homes, and the cities around us. One greatest statements he had said and will always be remembered for was saying that modern science “does not bring happiness even in times of peace” (Sayen 283). Einstein was one of the most brilliant men who lived on this world, and changed society in a whole by his amazing contributions to science. If he had not made any of these accomplishments, the United States and the world would of continued to wonder how the universe truly could work. Through his early life, having a great interest in science, and being amazed by mathematics, began his journey into the physics world, and only bringing him closer to changing society to what it is now. His accomplishments established not only a new way to look at the world, but also gave the United States a sense of security because of the creation of the Atomic bomb. By the Atomic bomb, the United States was able to end the Second World War, and was also able to sustain peace amongst countries no longer needing all-out war between nations. Overall all of his accomplishments opened many new doors, and have further progressed and have developed to the world we live in now.

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