Life and Career

• Born in Germany in 1879.
• Educated at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic.
• Published four groundbreaking papers in 1905, known as the "Miracle Year".
• Worked at the Swiss Patent Office from 1902 to 1909.
• Emigrated to the United States in 1933.
• Became a resident scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
• Accepted US citizenship in 1940.
• He died in Princeton in 1955.

Scientific Contributions

• Special Relativity (1905): He showed that time and space are relative.
• Photoelectric Effect (1905): He explained the granular nature of light.
• E=mc²: He formulated the equivalence of mass and energy.
• General Relativity (1916): He defined gravity as the curvature of space-time.
• Brownian Motion (1905): He provided evidence for the existence of molecules.
• Bose-Einstein Statistics (1924): He described the statistical behavior of certain particles.

Personality and Views

• He had no traditional religious beliefs.
• He was passionate about music, especially the violin.

Legacy

Albert Einstein revolutionized the field of physics and is considered one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. His work is the foundation of modern science.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

-- Albert Einstein