Born 14 March 1879

best known for his mass energy equivalence formula E = mc2

which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation

 he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics. He was famous for establishing quantum theory. development of his special theory of relativity. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory,

 He had explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules.

He also investigated the properties of light .

He was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and did not go back to Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences

 He settled in the U.S., becoming an American citizen in 1940.

potential developing of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type

This eventually led to what would become the Manhattan Project. Einstein was in support of defending the Allied forces,

 If you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, It will spend its whole life thinking its stupid. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

 Died: April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

 By Leo Ryan and Dylan Stuttard