Thinking Outside the Box
Imagine all the things one encounters during everyday life. Try to also imagine being a person who cannot stand not knowing how those things work. This was the kind of unique person that Albert Einstein was. His obsession with how things worked began when his father, Hermann Einstein, gave him a compass. The fact that the magnetic needle behaved as if influenced by some hidden force field, rather than through the more familiar mechanical method involving touch or contact, produced a sense of wonder that motivated him throughout his life (Isaacson 13). Einstein’s different way of thinking is one explanation for his vast knowledge. Albert Einstein’s accomplishments during his lifetime have greatly influenced today’s science world.
Albert Einstein had a considerably normal childhood. He was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He had a younger sister named Maria but the family called her Maja. She was born in November 1881. When Einstein met his baby sister for the first time he had mistaken her as his new toy. His response was to look at her and exclaim, “Yes but where are the wheels?” (Isaacson 11). His father, Hermann Einstein, was a Jewish businessman who had a knack for math and whose job required him and his family to move frequently. Since Hermann was a businessman, Albert’s parents were considered middle-class Jews (Brita. Einstein’s mother, Pauline, was a homemaker and an accomplished pianist. Since Pauline had a love for music, naturally she wanted her son to have one as well. She arranged for Albert to take violin lessons. He was hesitant at first, but that quickly changed when he first heard Mozart’s sonatas. Music became both magical and emotional to him (Isaacson 14). When Einstei...
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.... He continued to exam the brain and came to the conclusion that Einstein had more brain cells than the considered normal amount (Bragg 156). It is still not definite if that is the cause for Einstein’s excessive knowledge.
Albert Einstein was a man of many traits. He was wacky, eccentric, and sometimes a loner. He felt no desire to dress the part of a scientific genius. Sweatpants and a hooded jacket always sufficed. His accomplishments and achievements inspired many scientists to venture off into the unknown with hope of finding new information. Although some considered his nontraditional lifestyle a hindrance, he pushed through the inevitable and continued on with his life. There is no question that Albert Einstein is still the most influential scientist of the twentieth century or that his accomplishments have greatly influenced today’s science world.
Since his birth, Albert Einstein has had the most beneficial effects on the events of the world. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1979 and as a boy displayed an unquenchable curiosity for understanding science and all of its mysteries. As Albert Einstein’s life progressed, he found himself working as a patent clerk in Bern. While working as a patent clerk in Bern, Albert Einstein had a plethora amount of time which was devoted to formulating his theories. Also during this time, Albert Einstein received his Doctorate degree and started working on one of his most influential papers, which was the Special Theory of Relativity. After Einstein completed his Special Theory of Relativity, he moved onto creating the General Theory of Relativity which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. With the creation of both the General Theory of Relativity and the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein was able to create his Theory of Relativity which comprises of both theories. Other scientific discoveries that Einstein made are the existence of the photon, the theory of Brownian motion, the concept of Mass-energy equivalence, the photoelectric effect, the first quantum theory of specific heats, the Einstein-Brilloui-Keller method for finding the quantum mechanical version of a classical system , Bose-Einstein statistics and Bose-Einstein condensates, the EPR paradox, and although his efforts were unsuccessful, in his last thirty years of life Einstein explored various classical unified field theories that could account for both electromagnetism and gravitation and possibly quantum mechanics.
Einstein became a hero, and the myth building began. Headlines appeared in newspapers all over the world. On November 8, 1919, for example, the London Times had an article headlined: "The Revolution In Science/Einstein Versus Newton." Two days later, The New York Times' headlines read: "Lights All Askew In The Heavens/Men Of Science More Or Less Agog Over Results Of Eclipse Observations/Einstein Theory Triumphs." The planet was exhausted with World War I, eager for some sign of humankind's nobility, and suddenly here was a modest scientific genius, seemingly interested only in pure intellectual pursuits.
The Famous and Brilliant, Albert Einstein, was born in Germany in 1879. Einstein was born into a Jewish family, and grew up in Munich, Germany, where his father and uncle collectively ran a company that produced electrical equipment. Later in his childhood, Einstein’s family moved to Italy, then to Switzerland not long after. In 1896, Einstein renounced his German citizenship so that he would be able to avoid the Obligatory military service.
When Albert Einstein was a young kid, his teachers believed that he was “too stupid to learn.” They suggested to his mother that he just skip school and start manual labor early, because he was a hopeless case. In spite of this, his mother continued to make him go to school; in addition, she also bought him a violin (24). Violin soon became one of his greatest passions, and he even stated that playing the violin was what made him intelligent. His friend, G.J. Withrow, had said that whenever Einstein had trouble figuring out an equation he would go and improvise on the violin (24).
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg Germany in a middle class Jewish family as the first child of Hermann Einstein, a successful entrepreneur and Pauline Einstein. Both of his parents had a long established family roots in southern Germany. After Einstein’s birth his family moved to Munich where his father along with his Uncle founded Elektrotechnische Fab& Cie, a company for the manufacturing of electrical equipments. Einstein’s sister Maja was born one year after their arrival in Munich He was sent to Catholic school at first and then to Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich.Eventhouht he had a pleasing childhood, He was a poor student and had trouble speaking leading everyone to think him as retarded. He also struggled with Prussian education but at the same time was interest in math and science. Both his parents taught Einstein to be self-relia...
It is undeniable that Albert Einstein was one of the most influential and greatest thinkers the world has ever seen. His huge impact on the world of physics through the Annus Mirabilis papers and his many other discoveries about space and matter have opened up new possibilities for future scientists and inventors. Einstein did not only impact the world through science, but also with his political views. His letter to Roosevelt which ultimately end up completely changing how World War II concluded and his involvement in the cold war, trying to stop a nuclear war from ever happening. All of these things make Albert Einstein very much so deserving of the noble prize he received. His theories in physics will continue to make an impact on the discovery of the universe and future generations.
Einstein’s education, life experiences, and “freethinking ability contributed to his success and ability in his life.” Albert Einstein, to this day is still one of the most accomplished and respected mathematician/ inventor in the world. Einstein’s journey was one filled with challenges, discoveries, and many accomplishments. On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Wurttemberg, Germany to Jewish parents Hermann, and Pauline Einstein. Shortly after Albert’s birth, his father and mother eagerly collected their personal belongings as well as their new baby boy and moved to the Kingdom of Munich, now Germany. Following his families move to Munich, in November of 1881 Einstein’s parents gave birth to a little girl, with such a delicate sweet face. They named her Maria, who was soon to become Albert’s new little angelic best friend.
Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, the son of Hermann and Paulina Koch Einstein. When Einstein was 5 years old, his father showed him a pocket compass. The little bo...
In 1880, Albert’s family moved to Munich, where Albert’s father set up an electrical equipment business with his brother Jakob. In November 1881, Albert’s sister Maja was born. Albert did not enjoy playing with other children and would often lose his temper and throw things when annoyed. Albert especially hated playing soldiers. One biographer, Philipp Frank, who knew Albert personally, wrote, “When soldiers marched through the streets of Munich accompanied by the roll of drums and the shrill of fifes…little Albert…began to cry.” Frank said that Albert told his parents he had no desire to grow up to be “one of those poor people,” a soldier. “Albert saw the parade as a movement of people compelled to be machines.” Throughout his life, Einstein hated political power or any situation where one group of people controlled the lives of others.
As a child, Einstein was a little out of the ordinary, not quite interested in the typical activities that other children enjoyed, Albert instead was fascinated by music, the sciences, and mathematics. He loved to play his violin, and even taught himself Euclidean Geometry. Unfortunately, as Einstein’s talents and brilliance became more obvious, he began to despise his schools teachings as they subjugated his creativity and genius. Einstein ended up dropping out of school in 1894 at the age of 15. His family’s business had hit the point of bankruptcy and could no longer remain open, so the family decided to shut it down and move to Switzerland. Albert Einstein followed his family and resumed his schooling once again when they arrived.
Einstein was born March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany to Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch, almost immediately the Einstein relocated to Munich, Germany where they started an electrotechnical business (Lewis). He began school in the Luitpold Gymnasium but due to their family’s business competitive market they moved to Milan, Italy for better opportunities. During His time in Milan Einstein studied in preparation to attend The Swiss Federal Polytechnic school in Zurich who admitted students through an exam. Once Einstein took the exam he came to learn that he had failed, although he was no admitted he did not give up on attending The Swiss Polytechnic. He eventually attended the Polytechnic school, having to first graduate from Aarau that guaranteed admittance. Although he had succeeded in being admitted and graduating from The Swiss Polytechnic many
Einstein’s education was unconventional for a person who was to become a success. Early on, he was failing a large number of his courses; and he transferred from a German school at age fifteen to a Swiss school, so that he could avoid compulsive military service in the German armed forces. By the age of sixteen, he officially became a school dropout. His grade school principle made the statement to his parents, “it didn’t matter what profession the boy prepared for because he wo...
Albert Einstein persevered by overcoming many obstacles in life including his rough childhood physical obstacles, and family issues. As he overcame these obstacles, he proved to himself and everyone else that he wasn't "slow, but intelligent. Einsteins primary-school teachers reported that the child had a powerful and lingering distate of authority, coupled with his late-developing speech, some medical professionals have suggested his behavior as symptomatic of either autisim or as perger's
It must have been risky inventing them things. People might have said it will never work or he can't but he was devoted to make them things. He has opened our mind to no things and things that we can do. His quote is actually really close to what is today about technology. Another reason why I chose him was because most people in this world know the large facts about Einstein such as his famous theory of relativity and E=MC2, but I wanted to find out more accomplishments that he had over the course of his
His parents thought that he had a problem because he was so quiet and shy, so they decided to take him to the doctors because of their worries but none of them said anything bad about him.When he was a year old, his family moved to Munich, Germany where his little sister Maja was born. The little girl quickly became Albert's best friend. He did not say a word until three or four years old. As Einstein and Maja grew older they loved taking long walks and hikes. On these hikes Albert would lie on his back in the grass, look at the sky, and think about the space. He was asking, “Is anything farther away than space?” “How fast would somebody have to go to get there?” “How does light get all the way from those stars to your eyes?” “How far does space go on?” Could you ride on a beam of light?” “Is anything bigger than the universe?” It felt that Albert was born to think. Albert Einstein stayed with himself and daydreamed. He liked playing with blocks and building houses out of playing cards. Einstein's father and uncle worked with batteries, generators, and wires. Electricity was fascinating for him. He asked his uncle a lot of questions about electricity. He enjoyed thinking about the world beyond the world that can be seen or explained. He was fascinated by the compass his father had given him