Early Childhood – A genius was born

Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879, to a Jewish family. His father was an engineer
and a salesman. Einstein wasn’t a very bright student. He even had problems with his speech.

When he was five years old, Einstein saw a magnetic compass and marvelled at the needle
that kept moving with an invisible force. At age 12, he found a book on geometry which he read
over and over again.

Einstein wanted to pursue math and science . The problem was, he wasn’t very good at
taking tests . However, he was always analytical .

In 1905, Einstein submitted a paper for his doctorate and also had four papers published in
the best known physics journal at that time.He became a well known name in the academic
world.

Being Jewish, Einstein knew he would have problems in Nazi Germany and so he migrated
to the United States in 1933.

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Albert Einstein was working as a patent clerk in Germany in 1905 when he developed his
famous Theory of Relativity (E=mc2). The theory simply states that the speed of light (constant,
c) is the fastest speed in the universe and relates energy (E) and mass (M). It talks about how
time and distance can change due to the different speeds of an object and its observer.

Albert Einstein’s Inventions

Photons : He discovered that light is made up of small particles called photons and was awarded
the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

Bose-Einstein Condensate : Einstein discovered a state of matter with another scientist,

Satyendra Bose. Today it is used in things like lasers.

Atomic Bomb : Not directly connected with inventing it, but his Theory of Relativity is
connected with the invention of the atomic bomb.

Questions:

1. When was Albert Einstein born? 

2. Why was he admired at compass at the age of five? 
3. What field or subject was he interested when he was 12 y.o? 
4. What made him very popular nowadays? 
5. What are Albert einstein’s another inventions? 

 
1. Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879.
2. Beause, Einstein saw a magnetic compass and marvelled at the needle that kept moving
with an invisible force.
3. The field or subject was he interested when he was 12 y.o is a book on geometry.
4. The things that made him very popular nowadays is his inventions which is still used
today.
5. Albert einstein’s another inventions are:
a. Photons : He discovered that light is made up of small particles called photons and was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.
b. Bose-Einstein Condensate : Einstein discovered a state of matter with another
scientist, Satyendra Bose. Today it is used in things like lasers.
c. Atomic Bomb : Not directly connected with inventing it, but his Theory of Relativity
is connected with the invention of the atomic bomb.