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Albert Einstein
Einstein
"Imagination is more important than knowledge"






He was born in Germany on 14th March,1879. One of his most important contributions to Physics was the special Theory of Relativity. With this theory, lot of scientists (for example, Werner Heisenberg) made a lot of discoveries and new theories about the origin and evolution of the universe.



Mileva and Albert
Family

He got married to Mileva Maric in January 6, 1903. And they had two children: Hans Albert Einstein,who would later become a professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, and Eduard Einstein,who was placed in a mental health institute, due to schizophrenia.


Something about his career:

In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity. He Incorporated concepts studied by Hendrik Lorentz and Henri Poincaré. In 1915, he presented the General theory of relativity, which was much more sophisticated. He lived in many countries, for example Germany, Italy, Switzerland and USA. When he was 76 years old, he died in Princeton, New Jersey (April 18, 1955).

Awards

YEAR
AWARD
1921 Nobel Prize
1921 Medal Bernard
1925 Medal Copley
1926 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1929 Medal Max Planck


Physical DescriptionEinstein on his bike
His hair was curly. He was well-built, his face was square and his eyebrows were very thin. He had a moustache and he used to wear glasses to read. He was medium height.









Why I admire him


I think he was a great scientist and he made a lot of discoveries. To me, it is important to remember him because he has made great contributions to science and has changed the vision of space-time as we know it today.



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Recommended links:
http://www.albert-einstein.org/.index2.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html

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