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Albert einstein was born in ulm, in the kingdom of wurttemberg in the german empire, on 14 march 1879. In 1880, the family moved to munich, where einsteins father and his uncle jakob founded elektrotechnische fabrik j. Educated in munich at the luitpold gymnasium, einstein moved to switzerland in 1895 and studied at the polytechnic academy in zurich, where he earned a doctorate in physics in 1905 with his thesis on a new. Folsing provides a nuanced, nonjudgmental personal portrait resting firmly on prodigious archival work. Einstein received the 1921 nobel prize in physics for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his. His 1905 paper explaining the photoelectric effect, the basis of. Works by albert einstein include more than fifty scientific papers and also nonscientific books. Who was albert einstein is a very short book all about einstein. Martins press there comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. He received an academy award nomination for best supporting actor for 1987s broadcast news and was widely praised for his performance as a ruthless jewish mobster in the 2011 film drive. Albert einstein allows us to see deeply into his inner world. The author tells all the things that einstein went through as a child, as a young adult, and as a man.
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