Albert Einstein

1.WHEN WAS HE BORN ?

He was born on the 14^th of March 1879.

2.WHERE WAS HE BORN AND DID HE SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE THERE?

He was born in Ulm, Germany,but he travelled all around the world and lived also in Munich,Milano,Berlin,Prague,Zurich,Bern and New Jersey.

3.WHY IS HE SO FAMOUS?

He is well-known all around the world because he proposed the theory of relativitity,a physical theory of gravity,space and time.

4.WHAT DID HE RECEIVE IN RECOGNITION?

He received the Noble Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectical effect.

5.HE WAS A NONCONFORMIST.WHAT DID HE DO WITH THE MONEY RECEIVED AS A REWARD?

He gave it to the poors of Berlin.

6.WHY DID HE LEAVE GERMANY?

He left Germany when Hitler came to power because he was a Jewish and he was afraid of Hitler's policy concerning his people.

7.WHERE DID HE GO AND WHAT DID HE DO?

He went in the United States and taught Physics at the Princeton University.

8.HAD HE EVER WRITTEN TO A PRESIDENT OF THE USA?

Yes,he wrote to President Roosevelt that a powerful bomb might be possible to construct using atomic chain reactions in uranium.

9.WHAT OFFER DID HE DECLINED IN 1952?

He declined the presidency of the state of Israel.

10.WHAT WAS NAMED IN HONOUR OF HIS NAME?

A chemical element was names after him,Einsteinium.