Albert Einstein

March 14, 1879

Albert Einstein was born
in Ulm, Germany

 Einstein saw a
wonder when he
was four or five
years old: a
magnetic compass.
The needle's
northward swing,
guided by an
invisible force,
impressed him.
The compass
convinced him that
there had to be
"something behind
things, something
deeply hidden."

1884

Albert as a Student
Einstein knew, from
then on, that he
wanted to teach math
and Science at a
University someday.
The problem was, he
wasnt a very good
test-taker and could
not get a job at a
University because of
it.
Rumor has it that he
had even failed a Math
test, but some people
question that because
of the way grades
were assigned back
then.

1905
Albert Einstein
develops his Special
Theory of Relativity.
He did this while
working as a Patent
Clerk in Germany.
He wasnt really
even a scientist at
the time.

Einsteins Special Theory of

Relativity
Relative to who is
watching, space
and time are
transformed near
the speed of
light: distances
appear to stretch;
and clocks tick
more slowly.
clock

Einsteins Special Theory of

Relativity
Einsteins theory
meant that
Newtons Laws
needed to be
modified.
gravity
Space and time are
not absolute - and
the universe we live
in is not actually the
one Newton
"discovered.
spacetime

Einstein Continued his Genius

in 1905
Einstein uses the idea
that light exists as
tiny packets, or
particles, that we now
call photons.
His work anchors the
most shocking idea in
twentieth century
science: we live in a
universe built out of
tiny bits of energy
and matter.

Einstein Continued his Genius

in 1905

Next, in April and May,

Einstein publishes two
papers.
In one he invents a new
method of counting and
determining the size of
the atoms or molecules in
a given space.
In the other he explains
the phenomenon of
Brownian motion.
The net result is a proof
that atoms actually exist still an issue at that time.

Einstein Continued his Genius

in 1905
And then, in June,
Einstein completes
special relativity which adds a twist
to the story: special
relativity sees light
as particles and a
continuous field of
waves.

Einstein Continued his Genius

in 1905

And of course, Einstein

isn't finished. Later in
1905 comes the most
famous relationship in
physics: e=mc2.
The energy content of a
body is equal to the mass
of the body times the
speed of light squared.
At first, even Einstein
does not understand the
full implications of his
formula.

e mc

1907
In 1907, Einstein
begins to apply the
laws of gravity to
his Special Theory
of Relativity.
In 1911, he finally
gets a job as a
Professor of
Physics at the
German University.

1910-1913
In 1910, Einstein
addressed a basic
question: "Why is the
sky blue?" He
approached the
problem by looking at
the effect of the
scattering of light by
individual molecules in
the atmosphere.
In 1913, Einstein
begins work on his
new Theory of Gravity.

1915
Einstein completes
his General Theory
of Relativity.
Einstein challenged
the way the world
thought about
gravity and Sir
Isaac Newton
himself - by
describing gravity
as the warping of
space-time, not a
force acting at a
distance.

Einsteins new Theory of

Gravity

1919
A solar eclipse proves
Einstein right, and he
becomes an overnight
celebrity.
An experiment had
confirmed that light rays
from the sun were
deflected by the gravity
of the sun in just the
amount Einstein had
predicted in his theory
of gravity, General
Relativity.

1921
Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize
"for his services to Theoretical Physics,
and especially for his discovery of the law
of the photoelectric effect"

1928
Einstein begins
pursuing his idea
of a unifying
theory that ties
everything in the
universe
together.

1933
Einstein and his
wife, Elsa,
escape Nazi
Germany and set
sail for the
United States.

1939
World War II begins.
Einstein writes a
now famous letter to
President Franklin
D. Roosevelt urging
nuclear research
and warning him of
Germanys building
of an atomic bomb.

Einsteins Contribution
Between 1905 to 1925,
Einstein changed the worlds
understanding of nature on
every scale, from the smallest
organism to the whole
universe.
Now, a century after he began
to make his mark, we are still
exploring Einstein's universe.
The problems he could not
solve remain the ones that
define the cutting edge, the
most tantalizing and
compelling.

Einsteins Contribution
Einstein continued to his
dying days, trying to
figure out a single central
theory that explained
everything in the
universe.
An extension of his work
has become known as
String Theory, which
says that everything in
the universe is made up
of tiny strings of energy.

April 18, 1955

Albert
Einstein
dies of
Heart
Failure.
This is a
picture of
his last
blackboard.

Famous Einstein Quotes

"Anyone who has never made a
mistake has never tried
anything new."
"If A equals success, then the
formula is: A=X+Y+Z. X is work.
Y is play. Z is keep your mouth
shut."

Thank You Mr. Einstein!