Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his work on relativity. He settled in the United States and became an American citizen in 1940.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his work on relativity. He was born in Ulm, Germany, but moved to Switzerland in 1895 and renounced his German citizenship in 1896. He settled in the United States and became an American citizen in 1940. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1955 at the age of 83. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed “the world’s most famous equation” He also investigated the thermal properties of light and the quantum theory of radiation, which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word “Einstein” synonymous with “genius” Eugene Wigner compared him to his contemporaries, writing that “E Einstein’s understanding was deeper even than Jancsi von Neumann’s. His mind was both more penetrating and original”. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences for 19 years, until his death in 1955. He signed the Russell–Einstein Manifesto with British philosopher Bertrand Russell, which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons. He supported the Allies, but generally denounced the idea of using nuclear fission as a weapon. He wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting FDR to the potential development of “extremely powerful bombs of a new type” and recommending that the US begin similar research. This led to the Manhattan Project, which eventually led to World War II. He also wrote a book on the history of the universe, The Theory of Relativity, which was published in 1916. He published more than 300 scientific papers and more than 150 non-scientific works, including a book about the structure of the solar system and the origin of the light. He won the Nobel prize for physics in 1921, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to theoretical physics in 1924. He later became a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He had a son, Albert, who was born on 14 March 1929, and died on April 18, 1955, in New York City. The son of a salesman who later operated an electrochemical factory, Einstein was the son of Herman Einstein, a salesman and engineer, and Pauline Koch in the Kingdom of Württemberg. In 1880, his family moved to Munich, where Einstein’s father founded a company that manufactured electrical equipment. In 1894, he left the German Empire and lost a bid to supply electrical equipment to a company based on direct current. In 1900, he received his academic teaching diploma from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zürich in 1900. The following year, he acquired Swiss citizenship, which he kept for his entire life.
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