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ΠΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΠ»ΡΠ±Π΅ΡΡΠ° ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π° Π½Π° Π°Π½Π³Π»ΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ΅ Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ
ΠΠ΄Π΅ΡΡ Π²Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ Π±ΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΠ»ΡΠ±Π΅ΡΡΠ° ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π° Π½Π° Π°Π½Π³Π»ΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ΅ Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ Π½Π° ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ.
Albert Einstein was an outstanding German-born theoretical physicist and one of the fathers of modern physics. He received a Nobel Prize in Physics and was an Honorary Doctor of about 20 leading universities in the world. Einstein wrote more than 300 scientific papers and 150 books on the history and essence of science. He was born on March 14th, 1879, in Ulm, in the family of a salesman. His father and his uncle were the founders of one electrical equipment company. His mother was a housewife. When he was still a toddler, his family moved to Munchen where Albert attended a Catholic elementary school. Later, he transferred to Gymnasium, which now has his name. When he turned 14, he moved to Switzerland, where he studied at the Zurich Polytechnic School. Starting from 1909, he taught at this educational institution and became a Professor.
At the age of 34, he was already the director of the Institute of Physics and a Professor of the University of Berlin. In 1933 he was forced to leave Germany by the Nazis. He moved to the USA then and lectured there at Princeton until his death. His three important scientific works on the theory of relativity, the Brownian motion and quantum theory were published already in 1905. The next year, he created the formula about the relation between mass and energy. In 1916, he predicted the phenomenon of induced radiation of atoms. A year later he completed the general theory of relativity. His theory for the first time in science showed the link between the space-time geometry and distribution of mass in the universe. This theory was based on Newtonβs gravitational law. Although Einsteinβs theories seemed too revolutionary for that time, it soon received a number of confirmations.
In 1920s and 1930s the anti-Semitism was gradually gaining popularity in Germany. His theory of relativity became a subject of criticism. When the scientific work became impossible in his native country, he moved to the USA. There, he instantly received a professorship at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study. Unified field theory became the subject of his scientific research for the last twenty years of his life. He tried to bring the theory of gravitation and electromagnetic field together. During the Second World War, he heard of the German uranium project and wrote an open letter to the US President Franklin warning about the possible consequences of the Naziβs creation of atomic bomb. Shortly before his death, Einstein signed a petition addressed to the governments of all countries, warning them about the dangers of hydrogen bomb and nuclear weapons.
An outstanding and brilliant physicist died on April 18th, 1955. During his life he had a great number of honorary awards and world recognition. He had once received an offer to become the president of Israel, which he politely refused. In 1999, Β«The TimesΒ» magazine named him the man of the century. Einstein was married twice. He met his first wife when he was studying in Zurich. The couple had two sons. In 1919, he got a divorce and married his widowed cousin Elsa, who died in 1936. In his free time he liked playing the violin and was rather good at it. Another cherished hobby of the scientist was sailing.
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ΠΠ»ΡΠ±Π΅ΡΡ ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» Π²ΡΠ΄Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΌΡΡ ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ-ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΌ Π½Π΅ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌ ΠΈΠ· ΠΎΡΡΠΎΠ² ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠΈ. ΠΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ» ΠΠΎΠ±Π΅Π»Π΅Π²ΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠ΅ ΠΈ Π±ΡΠ» ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ Π΄ΠΎΠΊΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 20 Π²Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΎΠ² ΠΌΠΈΡΠ°. ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½ Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π» Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ 300 Π½Π°ΡΡΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡ ΠΈ 150 ΠΊΠ½ΠΈΠ³ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ Π½Π°ΡΠΊΠΈ. Π ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ 14 ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ° 1879 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° Π² Π£Π»ΡΠΌΠ΅, Π² ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²ΡΠ°. ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΈ Π΄ΡΠ΄Ρ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΡΠΎΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΏΠ°Π½ΠΈΠΈ. ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡ Π±ΡΠ»Π° Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎΡ ΠΎΠ·ΡΠΉΠΊΠΎΠΉ. ΠΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΠΎΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» Π΅ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π±Π΅Π½ΠΊΠΎΠΌ, Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΅Ρ Π°Π»Π° Π² ΠΡΠ½Ρ Π΅Π½, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΠ»ΡΠ±Π΅ΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π» ΠΊΠ°ΡΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΡΡ Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»Ρ. ΠΠΎΠ·ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²Π΅Π»ΡΡ Π² Π³ΠΈΠΌΠ½Π°Π·ΠΈΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ Π½ΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΈΠΌΡ. ΠΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π΅ΠΌΡ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½ΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡΡ 14 Π»Π΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΅Ρ Π°Π» Π² Π¨Π²Π΅ΠΉΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π² Π¦ΡΡΠΈΡ ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅Ρ Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅. Π‘ 1909 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π° ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π°Π²Π°Π» Π² ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠ΅Π±Π½ΠΎΠΌ Π·Π°Π²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°Π» ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ.
Π Π²ΠΎΠ·ΡΠ°ΡΡΠ΅ 34 Π»Π΅Ρ, ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΆΠ΅ Π±ΡΠ» Π΄ΠΈΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΠ½ΡΡΠΈΡΡΡΠ° ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΎΡ ΠΠ΅ΡΠ»ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠ°. Π 1933 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Π½Π°ΡΠΈΡΡΡ Π²ΡΠ½ΡΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ. ΠΠ°ΡΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π΅Ρ Π°Π» Π² Π‘Π¨Π ΠΈ ΡΠΈΡΠ°Π» ΡΠ°ΠΌ Π»Π΅ΠΊΡΠΈΠΈ Π² ΠΡΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠΎΠ½Π΅ Π΄ΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈ. ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈ Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΡΠ΅ Π½Π°ΡΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΡ ΠΏΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, Π±ΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡ Π΄Π²ΠΈΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΊΠ²Π°Π½ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Ρ Π΅ΡΠ΅ Π² 1905 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ. Π ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌ Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π» ΡΠΎΡΠΌΡΠ»Ρ ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡ ΠΈ ΡΠ½Π΅ΡΠ³ΠΈΠΈ. Π 1916 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» ΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈΠ½Π΄ΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΈΠ·Π»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ Π°ΡΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ². Π§Π΅ΡΠ΅Π· Π³ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΎΠ½ Π·Π°Π²Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ» ΠΠ±ΡΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ. ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π²ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ Π² Π½Π°ΡΠΊΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»Π° ΡΠ²ΡΠ·Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ-Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π³Π΅ΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π΅Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡ Π²ΠΎ ΠΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ. ΠΡΠ° ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΡ Π±ΡΠ»Π° ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π° Π½Π° Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅ ΡΡΠ³ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΡΡΡΠΎΠ½Π°. Π₯ΠΎΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΠΎΡΠΈΠΈ ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π° ΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π΄Π»Ρ ΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ ΡΠ»ΠΈΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½ΡΠΌΠΈ, Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΡΡΠ΄ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΆΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ.
ΠΡΠ΄Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΡ ΠΈ Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΈΠΊ ΡΠΌΠ΅Ρ 18 Π°ΠΏΡΠ΅Π»Ρ 1955 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°. ΠΠ° ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π» ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ½ΡΡ Π½Π°Π³ΡΠ°Π΄ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅. ΠΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ» ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π·ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΠ·ΡΠ°ΠΈΠ»Ρ, ΠΎΡ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΠΆΠ»ΠΈΠ²ΠΎ ΠΎΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π»ΡΡ. Π 1999 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΆΡΡΠ½Π°Π» Β«The TimesΒ» Π½Π°Π·Π²Π°Π» Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΠΎΠΌ Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°. ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½ Π±ΡΠ» Π΄Π²Π°ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΆΠ΅Π½Π°Ρ. ΠΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΡ ΡΠΎ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΉ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡΡΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π² Π¦ΡΡΠΈΡ Π΅. Π£ ΡΡΠΏΡΡΠ³ΠΎΠ² Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Π΄Π²ΠΎΠ΅ ΡΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΉ. Π 1919 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ ΠΎΠ½ ΡΠ°Π·Π²Π΅Π»ΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΎΠ²Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΊΡΠ·ΠΈΠ½Π΅ ΠΠ»ΡΠ·Π΅, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ»Π° Π² 1936 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ. Π ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ΅ Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΎΠ½ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ» ΠΈΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠΊΡΠΈΠΏΠΊΠ΅ ΠΈ Π½Π΅ΠΏΠ»ΠΎΡ ΠΎ ΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ»ΡΡ. ΠΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌ Π·Π°Π²Π΅ΡΠ½ΡΠΌ ΡΠ²Π»Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ.
Albert Einstein Biography
Born in: Ulm, Germany
Famous as: Theoretical Physicist
political ideology: socialist
Spouse/Ex-: Elsa LΓΆwenthal (1919β1936), Mileva MariΔ (1903β1919)
father: Hermann Einstein
mother: Pauline Einstein
siblings: Maja Einstein
children: Hans Albert Einstein Eduard Einstein, Ilse Einstein, Lieserl Einstein, Margot Einstein
place of death: Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, United States
Notable Alumni: Federal Polytechnic School In Zurich, University Of Zurich
Ancestry: German Americans
Cause of Death: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Founder/Co-Founder: Olympia Academy
discoveries/inventions: Law Of The Photoelectric Effect, Einstein Refrigerator
education: Federal polytechnic school in Zurich, University of Zurich
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Albert Einstein was a famous physicist. His research spanned from quantum mechanics to theories about gravity and motion. After publishing some groundbreaking papers, Einstein toured the world and gave speeches about his discoveries. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Albert Einstein was raised in a secular Jewish family and had one sister, Maja, who was two years younger than him. In 1903 Einstein married Milena Maric, a Serbian physics student whom he had met at school in ZΓΌrich. They had three children: a daughter, named Lieserl, and two sons, named Hans and Eduard. After a period of unrest, Einstein and Maric divorced in 1919. Einstein, during his marriage, had begun an affair with his cousin Elsa LΓΆwenthal. They were married in 1919, the same year he divorced Maric.
After suffering an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture several days before, Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, at age 76.
In December 1926 Albert Einstein wrote to Max Born that β[t]he theory produces a good deal but hardly brings us closer to the secret of the Old One. I am at all events convinced that He does not play dice.β Einstein was reacting to Bornβs probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics and expressing a deterministic view of the world. Learn more.
Albert Einstein, (born March 14, 1879, Ulm, WΓΌrttemberg, Germanyβdied April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.), German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century.
Childhood and education
Einsteinβs parents were secular, middle-class Jews. His father, Hermann Einstein, was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran an electrochemical factory with moderate success. His mother, the former Pauline Koch, ran the family household. He had one sister, Maria (who went by the name Maja), born two years after Albert.
Einstein would write that two βwondersβ deeply affected his early years. The first was his encounter with a compass at age five. He was mystified that invisible forces could deflect the needle. This would lead to a lifelong fascination with invisible forces. The second wonder came at age 12 when he discovered a book of geometry, which he devoured, calling it his βsacred little geometry book.β
Einstein became deeply religious at age 12, even composing several songs in praise of God and chanting religious songs on the way to school. This began to change, however, after he read science books that contradicted his religious beliefs. This challenge to established authority left a deep and lasting impression. At the Luitpold Gymnasium, Einstein often felt out of place and victimized by a Prussian-style educational system that seemed to stifle originality and creativity. One teacher even told him that he would never amount to anything.
Yet another important influence on Einstein was a young medical student, Max Talmud (later Max Talmey), who often had dinner at the Einstein home. Talmud became an informal tutor, introducing Einstein to higher mathematics and philosophy. A pivotal turning point occurred when Einstein was 16 years old. Talmud had earlier introduced him to a childrenβs science series by Aaron Bernstein, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbucher (1867β68; Popular Books on Physical Science), in which the author imagined riding alongside electricity that was traveling inside a telegraph wire. Einstein then asked himself the question that would dominate his thinking for the next 10 years: What would a light beam look like if you could run alongside it? If light were a wave, then the light beam should appear stationary, like a frozen wave. Even as a child, though, he knew that stationary light waves had never been seen, so there was a paradox. Einstein also wrote his first βscientific paperβ at that time (βThe Investigation of the State of Aether in Magnetic Fieldsβ).
Einsteinβs education was disrupted by his fatherβs repeated failures at business. In 1894, after his company failed to get an important contract to electrify the city of Munich, Hermann Einstein moved to Milan to work with a relative. Einstein was left at a boardinghouse in Munich and expected to finish his education. Alone, miserable, and repelled by the looming prospect of military duty when he turned 16, Einstein ran away six months later and landed on the doorstep of his surprised parents. His parents realized the enormous problems that he faced as a school dropout and draft dodger with no employable skills. His prospects did not look promising.
Fortunately, Einstein could apply directly to the EidgenΓΆssische Polytechnische Schule (βSwiss Federal Polytechnic Schoolβ; in 1911, following expansion in 1909 to full university status, it was renamed the EidgenΓΆssische Technische Hochschule, or βSwiss Federal Institute of Technologyβ) in ZΓΌrich without the equivalent of a high school diploma if he passed its stiff entrance examinations. His marks showed that he excelled in mathematics and physics, but he failed at French, chemistry, and biology. Because of his exceptional math scores, he was allowed into the polytechnic on the condition that he first finish his formal schooling. He went to a special high school run by Jost Winteler in Aarau, Switzerland, and graduated in 1896. He also renounced his German citizenship at that time. (He was stateless until 1901, when he was granted Swiss citizenship.) He became lifelong friends with the Winteler family, with whom he had been boarding. (Wintelerβs daughter, Marie, was Einsteinβs first love; Einsteinβs sister, Maja, would eventually marry Wintelerβs son Paul; and his close friend Michele Besso would marry their eldest daughter, Anna.)
Einstein would recall that his years in ZΓΌrich were some of the happiest years of his life. He met many students who would become loyal friends, such as Marcel Grossmann, a mathematician, and Besso, with whom he enjoyed lengthy conversations about space and time. He also met his future wife, Mileva Maric, a fellow physics student from Serbia.
ΠΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΠ»ΡΠ±Π΅ΡΡΠ° ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π° Π½Π° Π°Π½Π³Π»ΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠ΅
Π ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΠ°Π»Π΅ Π²Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ·Π½Π°ΡΡ Π±ΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π° Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ.
ΠΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠΈ ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΎΡΠΌΠ°ΡΠΈΠΈ: ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ° ΠΠΈΠΊΠΈΠΏΠ΅Π΄ΠΈΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΡ Ρ ΠΎΡΠΈΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠ°ΠΉΡΠ° ΠΠΎΠ±Π΅Π»Π΅Π²ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΠΈ (1, 2), Π³Π΄Π΅ Π²Ρ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΎΠ±Π½Π΅Π΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΎ Π. ΠΠΉΠ½ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉΠ½Π°.