Transcript Albert Einstein

Albert
Einstein
By Evan Barnes
2005
Birth
• Albert Einstein was
born on May 14,
1879 in Ulm,
Germany.
Parents
• Einstein’s mother
was a violinist
• His father didn’t
want him to go into
the scientific field
• His uncle fully
supported him
Schooling
• Einstein failed an examination to get into the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
• Spent next year at Aarua secondary school
• Had access to first rate physics facilities
• Returned to SFIT in 1896
• Graduated in 1900 as a secondary school
teacher
Beliefs
• Was a pacifist
• Was strongly
opposed to the
Nazi Regime in
Germany
Clerk Work
• Einstein worked as
a clerk in
Switzerland after
school
First 1905 paper
• Examined the
phenomenon in which
electromagnetic energy
seemed to be emitted
from radiating objects
• This was contradictory to
the popular scientific
beliefs of the time
The Beliefs of the Time
• The classic
electromagnetic
theory assumed that
electromagnetic
energy consisted of
propagating waves
Theory of Relativity
• This stated that as
the velocity of an
electron approaches
the speed of light
then the electron’s
mass increases
Third 1905 Paper
• This paper
calculated the
trajectory of a
microscopic particle
buffeted by random
collisions with fluid
or gas molecules
Later Life
• After Einstein’s
eclipse predictions
were confirmed in
1919 he became a
world wide star
Death
• Albert Einstein died
on April 16, 1955
Bibliography
“Albert Einstein.” World Book Encyclopedia.
New York, 2004
The Albert Einstein Homepage. Jesse Ralston.
April 30, 2005
<http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein
/einstein.html>
Time 100- Person of the Century: Albert Einstein.
January 3, 200. May 2, 2005.
<http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/magazin
e/albert_einstein5a.html>
About the Author
My name is Evan
Barnes. I like to
play RuneScape
and watch the Star
Wars movies.