The Scientist that Overcame the World

The Scientist That Overcame the World

Albert Einstein was a world renowned scientist that may be considered one of history’s greatest scientist with his creation of the Theory of Relativity or, E=MC^2. He was born in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany on March 14, 1897. His father’s name was Hermann Einstein and his mother’s name was Pauline Einstein. (Hasday) Though despite his outstanding success he had very many problems throughout his life that he had to struggle greatly to overcome. Albert Einstein overcame failure by pursuing his intellectual dreams, working hard to make a life for himself, and achieving the nobel prize in physics.

Einstein overcame many challenges throughout his childhood and early life. These included both family problems, with money and trouble, and educational issues. The one of the first major issue that had become relevant in his life was the fact that he had such a hard time with school that his parents thought that he was mentally retarded. (German-American Physicist) Still today many scientists think that he had been born in a more modern time he would have been diagnosed with all of the following mental illnesses: dyslexia, ADHD, and aspergers. (How Do We Know Einstein was ADHD) However he very quickly recovered from this because by the age of 15 one of his high

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school teachers shockingly stated “There is nothing left to teach him.” (What did Einstein Invent?)

Einstein’s education was also very much disrupted by that failures of his father’s business. In 1894 his father’s business lost a contract and failed entirely. While the rest of his family left for work, Einstein was left at a boarding school where his family expected him to finish out his education and later continue on into ...

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...an who achieved his dreams, made himself a life as both a famous physicist, and became a nobel prize winner. He overcame all of the many problems in life and became a very successful man and one of the most renowned scientists of all time.

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