Transcript A storm broke loose in my mind.

Albert Einstein: His Life
1879-1955
•Born 1879 in Germany to a
middle class Jewish family.
•At the age of 15, Einstein
quit high school.
•Later entered the Federal
Institute of Technology in
Zurich.
•Einstein graduated from
Zurich Polytechnic in 1900.
•While in school, he
met and fell in love
with Mileva
•1902 - They had a
daughter
•1902 marries
Mileva
•They had two sons
•Hans Albert, becomes an
engineer and professor
•Eduard, had schizophrenia
•They divorced in 1919
"A storm broke loose in my mind."
• At 26, Einstein wrote three
fundamental physics papers
1. The Photoelectric Effect
2. Brownian Motion and
Atoms
3. Special Relativity, E= mc2
The Photoelectric Effect
Brownian Motion and Atoms
"... The physical theory of Brownian motion
ended the skepticism about the existence of atoms
and molecules as actual physical entities."
•Realized Brownian
Motion was caused by
movement of
molecules
•His work helped
prove the existence of
the atom
Special Relativity: Twin Paradox
• Speed of light is constant.
• Time and distance are able to change.
Special Relativity: E = m
•The speed of light is
constant
•A huge amount of
energy can be
produced from a
small amount of mass
2
c
•In 1909, he became an assistant professor at
the University of Zurich.
•In 1914 Einstein moved to Berlin and became
a professor at the University of Berlin.
•1915- completed his General
Theory of Relativity
•From 1916-1925, Einstein
worked on research that aided
in the invention of the laser.
•1919 an eclipse helped prove
his theory of general relativity
which led to his worldwide
fame
Einstein’s Second Wife
• In 1919, Einstein left his wife and children
and married his distant cousin, Elsa.
•In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics for his work with the Photoelectric
Effect.
•1932 appointed professor at Institute of
Advanced Study at Princeton
•1933 Nazis come to power in Germany
•Einstein moves to Princeton, NJ
“FATHER OF ATOMIC ENERGY”
•1939 - Writes
letter of Pres.
Roosevelt warning
of possibility of
German atomic
bomb
•1945 – bombing
of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Einstein: The Pacifist
•Fearing use of the atomic bomb again, he
used his fame to speak out in support of
worldwide peace
•For the last thirty
years of his life,
Einstein worked
on finding a
unified field
theory.
•On April 18, 1955 he died in Princeton, New
Jersey.
•Scientists are still working to find the unified field
theory today.