Albert Einstein

What he did

• Albert Einstein was just a scholar at the university of Zurich. Then one day he wanted to be a scientist and then a couple years later he was at the university of Berlin.

E=mc2

• theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, effecting a revolution in physics..

• While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation")

• 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

What does E=mc2 mean?

• E = mc 2 stands for E(energy) = Mass times the Speed of Light (C) squared. What this means is that if you take the mass of an object and multiply it by the speed of light (2.9 x 10^8 metres per second) you will then have calculated the ammount of energy. As you can see, even a tiny ammount of mass when multiplied by such a huge number (C) yeilds an incredible ammount of energy. Releasing that energy can do everything from power cities (a nuclear powerplant) to destroy them (a nuclear bomb). Further applications found in science fiction include Star Trek's famous warp drive technology that uses a matter/anti-matter reactor to release the energy of particles to power an entire space ship.

When he was born and died

• Born March 14,1879 in Ulm Germany.

• Died April 18, 1955

• He lived for 76 years

His life

• Albert wasn’t much of a talker he didn’t start talking till about the age of 9.

• When albert was five his father gave him a compass and that’s when he wanted to learn how the compass turned and knew where he was.

Albert’s personal life

• He had a wife and three kids, named: Hans Albert Einstein, Eduard Einstein, Lieserl Einstein

• Spouse: Elsa Einstein , Mileva Marić

References

• www.BIO.com • www.wikipedia.org

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