einstein pres. with notes
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Albert Einstein: His Life
1879-1955
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Born 1879 in Germany to a
middle class Jewish family.At the age of 15, Einstein
quit high school.
Later entered the Federal
Institute of Technology in
Zurich.
Einstein graduated from
Zurich Polytechnic in 1900.
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While in school, hemet and fell in love
with Mileva
1902 - They had adaughter
1902 marries
Mileva
They had two sons
Hans Albert, becomes an
engineer and professor
Eduard, had schizophrenia
They divorced in 1919
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At 26, Einstein wrote threefundamental physics papers
1. The Photoelectric Effect
2. Brownian Motion and
Atoms
3. Special Relativity, E= mc2
"A storm broke loose in my mind."
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The Photoelectric Effect
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Brownian Motion and Atoms
"... The physical theory of Brownian motionended the skepticism about the existence of atoms
and molecules as actual physical entities."
Realized BrownianMotion was caused by
movement of
molecules
His work helped
prove the existence of
the atom
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Special Relativity: Twin Paradox
Speed of light is constant.
Time and distance are able to change.
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Special Relativity: E = m c2
The speed of light is
constant
A huge amount of
energy can be
produced from asmall amount of mass
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In 1909, he became an assistant professor at
the University of Zurich.
In 1914 Einstein moved to Berlin and becamea professor at the University of Berlin.
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Einsteins Second Wife
In 1919, Einstein left his wife and children
and married his distant cousin, Elsa.
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In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize inPhysics for his work with the Photoelectric
Effect.
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1932 appointed professor at Institute of
Advanced Study at Princeton
1933 Nazis come to power in Germany
Einstein moves to Princeton, NJ
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1939 - Writesletter of Pres.
Roosevelt warning
of possibility ofGerman atomic
bomb
1945bombingof Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
FATHER OF ATOMIC ENERGY
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Einstein: The Pacifist
Fearing use of the atomic bomb again, he
used his fame to speak out in support of
worldwide peace
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On April 18, 1955 he died in Princeton, New
Jersey.
For the last thirty
years of his life,Einstein worked
on finding a
unified fieldtheory.
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Scientists are still working to find the unified field
theory today