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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, 1921
Personal information
Birth date14 March 1879
Birth placeUlm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Death date18 April 1955(age 76)
Death placePrinceton, New Jersey, USA
ResidenceGermany, Italy, Switzerland, USA
CitizenshipWürttemberg/Germany (until 1896)
Stateless (1896 � 1901)
Switzerland (since 1901)
Austria (1911 � 12)
Germany (1914 � 33)
United States (since 1940)
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsSwiss Patent Office (Bern)
University of Zurich
Charles University in Prague
ETH Zurich
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
University of Leiden
Institute for Advanced Study
Alma materETH Zurich
University of Zurich
Doctoral advisorAlfred Kleiner
Academic advisorsHeinrich Friedrich Weber
Notable studentsErnst G. Straus
Nathan Rosen
Leo Szilard
Raziuddin Siddiqui
Known forGeneral relativity
Special relativity
Photoelectric effect
Brownian motion
Mass-energy equivalence
Einstein field equations
Unified Field Theory
Bose � Einstein statistics
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Physics (1921)
Copley Medal (1925)
Max Planck Medal (1929)
Time Person of the Century

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Albert Einstein ( ; -deˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪnlangAlbert_Einstein_german.ogg; 14 March 1879 � 18 April 1955) was a German of Jewish ethnicity Swiss-American theoretical physicist, philosopher and author who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. He is often regarded as the father of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."

His many contributions to physics include the special and general theories of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the first post-Newtonian expansion, explaining the perihelion advance of Mercury, prediction of the deflection of light by gravity and gravitational lensing, the first fluctuation dissipation theorem which explained the Brownian movement of molecules, the photon theory and wave-particle duality, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, the semiclassical version of the Schrödinger equation, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose � Einstein condensation.

Einstein published more than 300 scientific and over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein additionally wrote and commentated prolifically on numerous philosophical and political subjects.

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Albert Einstein's family

Main familyPauline Koch * Hermann Einstein * Albert Einstein * Maja Einstein
ChildrenHans Albert Einstein * Eduard Einstein * Lieserl Einstein
GrandchildrenBernhard Caesar Einstein (son of Hans Albert Einstein)
WivesMileva Marić * Elsa Einstein



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