14th March 2012 marks the 133rd birthday anniversary of an extraordinaire: Albert Einstein.Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Württemberg, in the German Empire; on 14th March 1879, to Hermann Einstein and Pauline Einstein. He contributed for the progress of physics by developing theories such as Relativity and the Quantum Theory. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.
Einstein’s father wanted him be an electric engineer until Einstein clashed with authority’s teaching methodology and quit. At the age of sixteen, he sat for the entrance examination of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic. While he failed to reach the required standard, he obtained exceptional grades in Physics & Mathematics. In 1900, Einstein managed to get the Zurich Polytechnic teaching diploma. Einstein was awarded a PhD by the University of Zurich. His dissertation was entitled "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions". His papers: photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and the equivalence of matter and energy brought him recognition in the academic world.
Becoming a citizen of United States in 1940, Einstein made decisive discoveries regarding nuclear fission, which ultimately turned out to be the production of a nuclear weapon.
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Albert Einstein died at the age of 76 due to an internal bleeding, while he was in Princeton Hospital on 17th April 1955.
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