The Amazing Albert Einstein

Miguel Barbosa Kortright

Born in March 14, 1879, German Albert Einstein was the most recognizable name in the science community, and might very well be that recognizable name for the centuries to come. His breakthrough research in the field of relativity earned him an eternal spot in the hall of fame of science and an eternal spot in the history of humanity itself. His reason to go out on a limb to continue to study and discover through the field of relativity was due to the fact that Einstein was not satisfied and did not agree with the classic laws of mechanics being used to explain the laws of electromagnetic fields. 

Albert Einstein was Jewish. Through his early years of education he attended a catholic elementary school, and later on, at the age of 8, he completed his primary and secondary level of education in the Luitpold Gymnasium. Seven years later he left Germany. Other interesting facts that surround Einstein are that apparently he had speech impediments and that, contrary to popular belief, he was right handed. At the age of sixteen, Albert Einstein attempted to enter the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich but failed to do so because of his incompetence in certain subjects. In his failure he proved himself to be a worthy physician by obtaining exceptional grades in physics and mathematics. At age seventeen he entered ETH Zurich to complete his four-year mathematics and physics teaching diploma.

Albert Einstein’s first wife was named Mileva Maric. They became married in January 1903. However, their first child came before marriage, in early 1902. Her name was Lieserl and she died at a young age. The couple’s first son was named Hans Albert Einstein, while the second child was named Eduard Einstein. This couples divorce occurred in 14 February 1919. Einstein later married Elsa Lowenthal, on 2 June 1919. They were cousins. In December 1936, in the United States of America, Elsa Einstein died due to heart and kidney problems. 

His greatest discovery, the mass-energy equivalence formula (E=mc^2), helped him earn the 1921 Nobel Prize for his services to the theoretical physics community. Due to his discoveries and extensive research, the quantum theory could be established, using his discoveries as one of its pillars. Among other notable awards, he won the 1999 “Time Person of the Century” award. He passed away April 18, 1955, at age seventy-six.

The discoveries of Albert Einstein will forever play a mayor role in the future of science itself and in the future of the young and inspired men and women who look to follow in his genius footsteps. His long projector puts him next to none in the scale of human importance and human greatness. Albert Einstein was undoubtedly amazing.