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Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was a theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, inventor, and pedagogue. Born in Ulm to Hermann Einstein, he was a native German speaker who also used English. He was educated at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, where 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 received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Prix Jules Janssen. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the American Philosophical Society. His works include *Collected writings (1901-1956)* and *L'éther et le théorie de la relativité*. He died in Princeton and is archived at the Swiss Literary Archives, Albert Einstein Archives, and Regenstein Library.
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- 14. März 1879
- Died
- 18. April 1955
- Works
- 546
Top works
- The principles of humanism
- Zum gegenwärtigen Stande des Problems der spezifischen Wärme
- The World as I See It
- Relativity (Albert Einstein)
- 物理学はいかに創られたか
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- Gender
- Male
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- Germany
- Active from
- 1879
- Active to
- 1955
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
· 2007 · cited 52,802x
- Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change.
· 1977 · cited 49,651x
- Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 29,978x
- Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks
· 1999 · cited 27,724x
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- 1879–1955
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- Language
- ger, eng, deu
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- 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”
Article · Svenska
Albert Einstein (tyska: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn]), född 14 mars 1879 i Ulm i Tyskland, död 18 april 1955 i Princeton i USA, var en tysk-amerikansk teoretisk fysiker av judisk börd. Han är mest känd för att ha utvecklat relativitetsteorierna, vilka medförde en revolution inom fysiken. Einstein räknas som en av fäderna till den moderna fysiken och anses av många ha haft ett av de mest kreativa intellekten någonsin. Han förutsåg bland annat gravitationsvågors existens 1916, vilket forskare publicerade direkta bevis för först hundra år senare. Han fick 1921 års Nobelpris i fysik för sin upptäckt av lagen för den fotoelektriska effekten. Einstein är en av 1900-talets mest framträdande gestalter. Han har kommit att personifiera vetenskaplig genialitet. Under sin livstid erhöll han såväl som amerikanskt medborgarskap. Många av Einsteins verk brändes under bokbålen runt om i Nazityskland 1933.
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