Albert Einstein

 In Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879 Albert Einstein was born. About six weeks after Albert was born his family moved to Munich. This is where Albert started his schooling, he entered the Luitpold Gymnasium. He did not stay in Munich to continue his education because his family later moved again. This move brought them Italy, but Albert took his education to Aarau, Switzerland he did not finish his education here. In 1896 he enrolled in the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich where he was going to become a physics and mathematics teacher. Finally in 1901 he acquired his diploma and he also gained Swiss citizenship. There was one bump in the road for Albert; he could not find a teaching position anywhere so he decided to take a position as a technical assistant in the Swiss Patient Office. While working there he went to school to pursue his doctor’s degree, in 1905 he accomplished this goal. (Albert Einstein-Biography para 1)

Later in the year of 1905 Albert Einstein created his first piece of work. This paper had to do with random motion of small suspended particles also known as Brownian motion which was discovered in 1828. Albert proved the existence of particles by generating a theory that all of the bombarding by surrounding molecules will make a tiny particle in a fluid dart around in an erratic movement. He formed his famous equation that you see in just about every math or science class room, this equation is E=mc². With this equation Albert was able to prove that his theory was correct.  (Frank, Phillip, Einstein, Albert para 4)

Einstein’s second paper involved the photoelectric effect by considering the nature of electromagnetic radiation, usually thought of as waves. Einstein thought that light could only be transferred in packets; Einstein later was able to explain the observations of Lenard (1902), in which the energy of electrons ejected from a metallic surface depended on the wavelength of light falling on it but not on the intensity. Later on the results came back and it gave a good base for the quantum theory. (Frank, Phillip para 5)

In his third paper Albert introduced the theory of relativity, which is explaining how bodies moving with uniform velocity with respect to one another. The question he set out to solve was concerned with the speed at which light travels relative to an observer. Up until this time it was thought that light traveled at a constant speed all of the time. But Einstein thought that if a body is creating speed it is becoming shorter and heavier. This lead him to the equation of E=mc², the E stands for the energy, the m stands for the mass of the object and the c is the speed of light. This equation was needed to create the atom bomb; because of this Albert is considered responsible for jump starting the Manhattan Project because he wrote to President Roosevelt saying the Germany was going to be the first country to create the first nuclear bomb. This worried President Roosevelt so he made sure that the Manhattan Project was put into effect as soon as possible. (Frank, Phillip para 6)

Albert Einstein was a very creative man and a very insightful thinker. He was never the greatest student in school but it shows that if you have the passion for something you can do anything. Albert stuck it out and created many different works that lead to many discoveries that are still used to this day. Until this day we will remember Albert Einstein as a great scientist and as a very human person. (Jeremy Stangroom) He is responsible for influencing people to take interest in science; because of these great works we are always making advances in technology.