Albert Einstein's Life and Achievements

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Wann wurde Albert Einstein geboren?

  • 14. März 1879 (correct)
  • 18. April 1955
  • 14. August 1879
  • 18. April 1879

Welches Land war Albert Einstein zuerst Staatsbürger?

  • Deutschland (correct)
  • die Schweiz
  • die USA
  • Österreich

Was für einen akademischen Abschluss erhielt Albert Einstein an der Universität Zürich?

  • ein Diplom
  • ein Doktortitel (correct)
  • eine Lehrerlizenz
  • keinen Abschluss

Welche berühmte Gleichung veröffentlichte Albert Einstein im Jahr 1905?

<p>E = mc² (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Wann bekam Albert Einstein die US-amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft?

<p>1940 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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  • Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany.

  • He was a German citizen and a Swiss citizen.

  • He became a US citizen in 1940.

  • He died on April 18, 1955.

  • Einstein is considered one of the most influential physicists of all time.

  • His work on the theory of relativity changed the way people thought about space, time, and gravity.

  • He won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his work on the theory of relativity.

  • Einstein was also a prominent pacifist and helped to promote international understanding.

  • He lived in Berlin, Germany from 1933 until his death in 1955.

  • Einstein had German, Swiss, American, and Austrian citizenship.

  • Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the German region of Swabia, on March 14, 1879.

  • His parents were Baruch Moses Ainstein, a Jewish Pferde- and Tuchhändler, and Pauline Koch.

  • The family moved to Munich in 1884 when Albert was three years old.

  • Albert began his schooling at the Luitpold-Gymnasium, where his academic performance was good but his language skills were poor.

  • He began taking private lessons in mathematics, physics, and chemistry in 1884.

  • In 1888, he completed his secondary education and began studies at the University of Munich.

  • In 1896, he completed his degree in mathematics and physics and moved to Berlin to continue his research.

  • In 1902, he received his doctorate from the University of Berlin for his thesis, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.

  • In 1905, he married Mileva Maric, with whom he had two sons, Eduard and Hans.

  • In 1915, Einstein moved to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1940.

  • He retired from his professorship at Princeton in 1955.

  • Albert Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 18, 1955.

  • Einstein left school at the age of 15 to pursue a career in physics;

  • He failed his entrance exam to the Polytechnic School in Zürich, but was accepted as a student after a recommendation from his mentor;

  • He completed his studies at the Polytechnic School in 1896, and then enrolled at the University of Zurich;

  • He received his doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1901 for his work on the photoelectric effect;

  • In 1905, he was appointed professor of physics at the University of Berlin;

  • He moved to the University of Zurich in 1914, where he remained until his death in 1955.

  • Einstein left school at age 16 without a diploma, but with a teaching certificate in mathematics.

  • He worked as a teacher and then a patent examiner in Bern, Switzerland.

  • In 1902, he was given a permanent position at the Swiss Patent Office and began working on his most famous work, the theory of relativity.

  • In 1905, he published his famous equation, E = mc².

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