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- Notable Prizes: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921), Copley Medal (1925), Max Planck Medal (1929)
- Residence: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United States of America
- First job was in a Swiss patent office
- Contributed to the invention of the nuclear bomb.
- Born in: Wurttemberg, Germany
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Physicist Albert Einstein is best known for his work in theoretical physics and the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, which won him a Nobel Prize in 1921. Other notable contributions are his general and special theories of relativity, which completely changed the way scientists view gravity and the nature of spacetime.
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Timeline
- March 14, 1879: Born
- 1902: Marries Mileva Maric
- 1905: Publishes the Annus Mirabilis Papers
- 1916: Publishes his Theory of Relativity
- 1919: Divorces Mileva Maric
- 1919: Marries Elsa Lowenthal
- 1921: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1939: Suggests, to Roosevelt, that Germany might be developing nuclear weapons
- April 15, 1955: Dies at age 77 in Princeton, New Jersey
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Albert Einstein Questions
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"The only real valuable thing is intuition." Albert Einstein #Quote
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Make everything as simple as possible, but not one bit more simply than is necessary. ~ Albert Einstein
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Phantasie ist wichtiger als Wissen, denn Wissen ist begrenzt. ( Albert Einstein ) Er war schon ein weiser Mann :)
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RT @livetorque: "Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere." — Albert Einstein
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RT @livetorque: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” ~ Albert Einstein
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