Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

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Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, inventor, and pedagogue. Born in Ulm in 1879, he died in Princeton in 1955. He held nationalities of the US, DE, CH, and DEU. Einstein spoke and wrote in English and German, with German as his native language. He was educated at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. His doctoral advisors included Alfred Kleiner, Heinrich Burkhardt, and Heinrich Friedrich Weber. He was also a student of Heinrich Friedrich Weber and Hermann Minkowski.

Einstein worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Charles University, the University of Zurich, and ETH Zurich. His work locations included Bern, Prague, Zurich, and Berlin. He resided in the Einsteinhaus, Munich, Princeton, and Smíchov. He was a member of the Royal Society, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and American Philosophical Society. His awards included the Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science, the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Prix Jules Janssen.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 14. März 1879
Died: 18. April 1955
Works: 546

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The principles of humanism
Zum gegenwärtigen Stande des Problems der spezifischen Wärme
The World as I See It
Relativity (Albert Einstein)
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Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire [now Germany]

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most…

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Orwell: 2+2=5 — Self (archive footage)2025
Einstein and the Bomb — Self (archive footage)2024
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War — Self - Physicist (archive footage)2024
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb — Self (archive footage)2023
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain — Self (archive footage)2023
The Century of Icons — Self (archive footage)2022
History 101 — Self (archive footage)2020
Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe — Self (archive footage)2020
Atomic: History Of The A-Bomb — self (archive footage)2019
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour — Self (archive footage)2019

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1879–1955
Nationality: US, DE, CH, DEU
Role / Field: Scientist, Physicists, Physicist, College teachers, Authors, Physics
Language: ger, eng, deu
Gender: Male

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics1921
“for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”

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Instance of: human
Given name: Albert
Family name: Einstein
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Ulm
Place of death: Princeton
Spouse: Elsa Einstein
Father: Hermann Einstein
Sibling: Maja Einstein
Position held: professor
Educated at: University of Zurich
Employer: University of California, Berkeley
Political party: German Democratic Party
Languages spoken: German
Native language: German
Religion: pantheism
Notable work: stimulated emission
Doctoral advisor: Heinrich Friedrich Weber
Student of: Hermann Minkowski
Doctoral student: Leó Szilárd
Field of work: theoretical physics
Instrument: violin
Official website: alberteinstein.com

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Image: Albert Einstein Head cleaned.jpg
Work location: Zurich
Residence: Smíchov
influenced by: Isaac Newton
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Commons category: Albert Einstein
member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
date of birth: 1879-03-14
date of death: 1955-04-18
archives at: Regenstein Library
topic's main category: Category:Albert Einstein
Commons Creator page: Albert Einstein
described at URL: www.ige.ch/de/ueber-uns/einstein.html
Erdős number: 2
student: Ernst G. Straus
Commons gallery: Albert Einstein
ethnic group: Jewish people
place of burial: National Museum of Health and Medicine
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Physics
cause of death: abdominal aortic aneurysm
assessment: intelligence test
present in work: Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
professorship: academician
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writing language: German
manner of death: natural causes
relative: Elsa Einstein
name in native language: Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the known theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

Born as a subject to the Kingdom of Württemberg, part of the German Empire, Einstein moved to Switzerland in 1895, forsaking his citizenship the following year. In 1897, at the age of seventeen, he enrolled in the mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Swiss federal polytechnic school in Zurich, graduating in 1900. He acquired Swiss citizenship a year later, which he kept for the rest of his life, and afterwards secured a permanent position at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1905, he submitted a successful PhD dissertation to the University of Zurich. In 1914, he moved to Berlin to join the Prussian Academy of Sciences and the Humboldt University of Berlin, becoming director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in 1917; he also became a Prussian and consequently also German citizen again. In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Horrified by the Nazi persecution of his fellow Jews, he decided to remain in the US, and was granted American citizenship in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential German nuclear weapons program and recommending that the US begin similar research, later carried out as the Manhattan Project.

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