Albert Einstein

ALBERT EINSTEIN Guess: true or False 1. Albert Einstein was Jewish. 2. He loved school. 3. Einstein got brilliant grades at school. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. !. (. ). +.

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4. Einstein discovered the theory of reliability. 5. He studied in Switerland. !. He believed in war.

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Albert Einstein is one of the most well-known physicists, that has ever lived. He revolutionized and reshaped scientific thinking; his most famous theory is the theory of relativity. He also greatly influenced statistical physics, humanitarianism and played a large part in the emergence of uantum physics. He was born in !"# to $ewish parents in %ermany. He disliked school because he felt it was mindless and boring. He didn&t actually do !ery "ell in school and preferred to study at home. 'n #(( he graduated from the )niversity of *urich in +witzerland and then went onto the +wiss atent ffice. He was not challenged in his ob which was helpful because the lac# of demands on him allowed him to de!elop his own ideas. 'n #(/ his ideas gre" and e!entually his thoughts and ideas about time and space would change world thinking irre!oca$ly. He developed many ideas about 0uantum, time and atoms. He continued to work until #(# and then became a professor at the )niversity of *urich. He moved to rague for a year to the university there and then moved to 1erlin where he took another position as a professor. He developed many ideas and theories. 'n #22 while Einstein was visiting England the 3azi government took his property and citi%enship in 1erlin because he was $ewish. He decided to move permanently to the )nited +tates where he became a member of the ne"ly created 'nstitute for Advanced +tudy in rinceton )niversity, 3ew $ersey. 'n #2# Einstein was worried that Hitler would create the first atomic bomb and so he urged resident 4ranklin 5. 6oosevelt to begin researching uranium. 7he first bomb would be dropped by the )+ on $apan at the end of the +econd 8orld 8ar. Einstein parado9ically was an ardent pacifist. 'n #// Einstein died at the age of ":. Einstein died having changed us all. He once said <'magination is more important than knowledge< . =. 2. >. /. :.

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8hy do you think Einstein would think that imagination was more important than knowledge? • • • •

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