AdrianneSantaRomana

Mr.Vetter
Physics
October29,2014
Learnfromyesterday,livefortoday,hopefortomorrow.Theimportantthingisnottostop
questioning.AlbertEinstein

AlbertEinsteiniswellknownforhistheoryofrelativity,whichleadstothefamousequation
E = mc 2 .Einsteingreatestthoughts,theories,andinventionsweremadein1905,alsoknownasthe
miracleyear.Hehadwrittenfouroriginal,stateoftheart,articlesinthatyearalone.Thefirstonewas
anexplanationofthephotoelectriceffect,bywhichamaterialwillemitelectricallychargedparticles
whenhitbylight.(http://www.history.com/topics/alberteinstein).ThisarticlereceivedaNobelPeace
Prizein1921.Hissecondarticlereported:experimentalevidenceoftheexistenceofatoms,whichhe
receivedbyanalyzingBrownianMotion.ThemostfamousarticleexplainsthecontradictionIsaac
NewtonsconceptofabsolutespaceandtimeandJamesMaxwellsideaoftheconstantspeedoflight.
Lastbutnotleast,thefinalarticlewasaboutthefundamentalrelationshipofmassandenergy.Thiswas
where E = mc 2 wasbroughtupandthisequationhelpedthedevelopmentoftheatomicbomb.
Einsteinnotonlycreatedthesearticlebuthadmanytheories,thatincludedtheSpecialTheoryof
Relativity,generalTheoryofRelativity.Fromthesetheories,hebegantoformanewscienceof
cosmology.AsEinsteinisfamousforallofhistheoriesheactuallyinventedtheEinstein
Refrigeratorbutitnevermadeproductionbecauseitwasntcutoutforthenewtechnologybackthen.
BorninUlm,Germany,onMarch14,1897,wasthesonofHermannandPaulineEinstein,a
wellknowngenius.Inhisyoungeryears,Einsteinenjoyedclassicalmusicandplayedtheviolin.He
struggledwiththeeducationhereceived,experiencedspeechdifficulty,andhadaslowpaceinhis
speakingthathewouldneedtothinkaboutwhathehadtosaynext.Attheageof12,hediscovereda

geometrybookandselftaughtthetopic.MaxTalmud,aPolishMedicalStudent,wasinvitedtothe
EinsteinsThursdaynightmeals,andsoonbecameEinsteininformalstudent.Thiswasthetimewhere
Einsteinbegantodeveloptheinterestofphilosophyandhigherlevelmath.Hebegantowonderabout
thecorrespondingspeedtotheimmobileobserverandtheobserverinmotionwiththelight,whichlead
himtowritinghisfirstscientificpaperattheageof16.Einsteinachievedsensationalmarksonthe
entranceexamintheMathematicsandPhysicssection,butfailedintheothersubjects.Heattenda
specialhighschoolinSwitzerland,andgraduatedattheageof17.EinsteinattendedtheUniversityof
Zurich.Helivedfor76yearsandaccomplishedmanythingsthatmadehistory.

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