Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

• Born German, went to university in Switzerland, became naturalized Swiss citizen.

• 1902: Job at patent office in Bern Does physics on the side.

• 1905: 5 Five seminal papers

  • molecular dimensions
  • Brownian motion
  • Photoelectric effect (Nobel prize)
  • Relativity
  • E = mc2

• 1909: Zurich prof.1913: Berlin chair in Physics 1916: General relativity

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