Albert Einstein Made and presented by

Aidan Williams

What did he study?

Albert Einstein studied science, mathematics philosophy, and physics.

The reason why his work was, and still is, important is so that we can understand the universe and everyday life and the way it works.

Where did he come from?

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm Germany, 1879. He got interested in science when he was 12 years old. He picked up a geometry book and read it through and through. He later called it his ‘Holy Booklet’. At the time his father’s business failed and closed down, so the family moved to Milan, Italy. He was later excluded from school because of how he was different from the rest of the school’s students.

How Einstein Changed the way we think:

The Quantum Theory- He suggested that light does not travel in waves but electric currents. This would imply that metals give off partials called ‘quanta’.

Special Theory of Relativity- "Movement can only be detected and measured as relative movement; the change of position of one body in respect to another.“

Einstein said that if electrons traveled at the speed of light then the weight would increase- E

Fascinating Facts: Einstein never graduated from High School. Einstein was Jewish. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in physics He discovered the Photoelectric effect He changed the way we think of physics with his general

theory of relativity. Einstein was a Christian. As a child Einstein had a abnormally large head, but didn’t

know how to speak until he was 4 years old. His first words were “the soup is too hot” His mathematics teacher called him “lazy dog” because he

could not find his interest in studies. Einstein named his violin Lina.

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www.biographyonline.net/scientists/albert-einstein.html

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