Albert Einstein Research Paper

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, March 14, 1879. He was born into a Jewish family. He spent some time in a few European countries before going to the United States years later. Einstein's younger childhood did not make it look like he was a genius. His parents worried about him because he was so slow to learn to speak. Although his family was Jewish, he attended a Catholic elementary school, where he did not excel. Due to failed business ventures, Einstein’s family moved from Germany to Italy. Einstein was supposed to stay and finish school, but he left to join his family. Einstein had actually got expelled from a school. From Italy he went to Switzerland to finish high school and attend the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He graduated with a teaching degree, but …show more content…

Finally he got a job at the Swiss patent office in Bern, in 1902. He worked there for seven years. In 1903 he married, Mileva Maric. They'd had a daughter, Liserl (born out of wedlock), in 1902, but she was given up for adoption or she may have died from scarlet fever as an infant, according to some sources. They later had two sons. Einstein and Marić married in January 1903. In May 1904, the couple's first son, Hans Albert Einstein, was born in Bern, Switzerland. Their second son, Eduard, was born in Zurich in July 1910. In 1914, Einstein moved to Berlin, while his wife remained in Zurich with their sons. They divorced on February 14, 1919, having lived apart for five years. Einstein then married Elsa Lowenthal (his cousin) on June 2, 1919, after having had a relationship with her since 1912. In 1933, they emigrated to the United States. In 1935, Elsa Einstein was sadlydiagnosed with heart and kidney problems and died in December 1936 after only seventeen

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