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Albert Einstein By Evan Barnes 2005. Birth Albert Einstein was born on May 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany

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Page 1: Albert Einstein By Evan Barnes 2005. Birth Albert Einstein was born on May 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany

Albert EinsteinAlbert

Einstein

By Evan Barnes

2005

Page 2: Albert Einstein By Evan Barnes 2005. Birth Albert Einstein was born on May 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany

Birth

• Albert Einstein was born on May 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany.

Page 3: Albert Einstein By Evan Barnes 2005. Birth Albert Einstein was born on May 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany

Parents• Einstein’s mother was

a violinist• His father didn’t want

him to go into the scientific field

• His uncle fully supported him

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Schooling• Einstein failed an examination to get into the

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology• Spent next year at Aarua secondary school• Had access to first rate physics facilities• Returned to SFIT in 1896• Graduated in 1900 as a secondary school teacher

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Beliefs

• Was a pacifist

• Was strongly opposed to the Nazi Regime in Germany

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Clerk Work

• Einstein worked as a clerk in Switzerland after school

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First 1905 paper

• Examined the phenomenon in which electromagnetic energy seemed to be emitted from radiating objects

• This was contradictory to the popular scientific beliefs of the time

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The Beliefs of the Time

• The classic electromagnetic theory assumed that electromagnetic energy consisted of propagating waves

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Theory of Relativity

• This stated that as the velocity of an electron approaches the speed of light then the electron’s mass increases

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Third 1905 Paper

• This paper calculated the trajectory of a microscopic particle buffeted by random collisions with fluid or gas molecules

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Later Life

• After Einstein’s eclipse predictions were confirmed in 1919 he became a world wide star

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Death

• Albert Einstein died on April 16, 1955

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Bibliography “Albert Einstein.” World Book Encyclopedia. New York,

2004

The Albert Einstein Homepage. Jesse Ralston. April 30, 2005 <http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/einstein.html>

Time 100- Person of the Century: Albert Einstein. January 3, 200. May 2, 2005. <http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/magazine/albert_einstein5a.html>

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About the Author My name is Evan Barnes. I like to play RuneScape and watch the Star Wars movies.

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