How Did Albert Einstein Change The World

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Albert Einstein was a German physicist who developed the law of physics, and many other theories. Einstein changed how we think about time and space. He is considered one of the greatest influences of the 20th century.
Born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, Albert grew into a Jew family. He had a dad named Hermann Einstein, he also had a brother. His mother, Pauline Koch, ran the household. Einstein had one sister, Maja, born two years after him. As a young child it was hard for Einstein to learn in school. His school was very strict, they had to wear uniform, and march to class. The teachers would yell out orders. They were not allowed ask any questions. Albert loved math, he always got in trouble for asking too many questions. Albert did not …show more content…

After graduating, Einstein faced major challenges like not finding work because he got into fights with his professor. Meanwhile, Einstein continued to grow closer to Maric, but his parents did not like them together because of her ethnic background. Einstein continued to see her, and send letters to her about his scientific work. In 1902 they had a daughter, Lieserl, who may have gone for adoption, but nobody really knows what happened to her. Einstein eventually found work in 1902 after receiving a letter for a job as a clerk in a Swiss patent office. Einstein’s father passed away soon after. The couple went on to have two sons, Hans and Eduard. The marriage would not last and the two divorcing in 1919. Einstein, agreed to give Maric any money he might receive from winning a noble prize in the future. He had also begun an affair some time earlier with a cousin, Elsa Löwenthal, whom Einstein wed during the same year of his divorce. He would continue to have affairs during the second marriage, which ended with Löwenthals death in 1936.After that his sister Maja dies in 1951. And just 4 years later Albert dies on April

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