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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Albert Einstein

In the following lines we tell you about the life of Albert Einstein. It is a sort of Albert Einstein's Biography. Read on to know about Albert Einsteins life history.

Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. In 1901, he accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he obtained his doctor's degree.

In 1908, he was appointed Privatdozent in Berne. In 1909, he became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich. In 1911, he became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague. In 1914, he was appointed Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute and Professor in the University of Berlin. In 1933, he took the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton.

After World War II, Einstein was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel, which he declined. He collaborated with Dr. Chaim Weizmann to establish the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity stemmed from an attempt to reconcile the laws of mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. He dealt with classical problems of statistical mechanics and problems in which they were merged with quantum theory. This led to an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules. He investigated the thermal properties of light with a low radiation density and his observations laid the foundation of the photon theory of light.

In 1916, he published his paper on the general theory of relativity. During this time he also contributed to the problems of the theory of radiation and statistical mechanics.

In the 1920's, Einstein embarked on the construction of unified field theories. He contributed to statistical mechanics by his development of the quantum theory of a monatomic gas. He also accomplished valuable work in connection with atomic transition probabilities and relativistic cosmology.

In 1921, Einstein was awarded the noble prize and elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1925, he was awarded the Royal Society Copley Medal. In 1927, he was elected the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

After his retirement he continued to work towards the unification of the basic concepts of physics. Einstein's more important works include Special Theory of Relativity (1905), Relativity (English translations, 1920 and 1950), General Theory of Relativity (1916), Investigations on Theory of Brownian Movement (1926), and The Evolution of Physics (1938). Among his non-scientific works, the most important ones are- About Zionism (1930), Why War? (1933), My Philosophy (1934), and Out of My Later Years (1950).

Albert Einstein received honorary doctorate degrees in science, medicine and philosophy from many European and American universities. During the 1920's, he was awarded Fellowships or Memberships of all the leading scientific academies throughout the world. He gained numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925, and the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute in 1935.

Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, New Jersey.

Honours awarded to Albert Einstein


Nobel Prize 
1921
Fellow of the Royal Society1921
LMS Honorary Member1924
Royal Society Copley Medal1925
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh1927
AMS Gibbs Lecturer1934
Lunar featuresCrater Einstein


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