Childhood
Born in 1879, this is the city in Germany where Albert Einstein spent his early childhood.
What is Ulm?
Due to his dislike of strict discipline and rote learning, Einstein left this Munich school at age 15.
What is the Luitpold Gymnasium?
Mileva Marić, a Serbian physics student, was this first wife of Einstein from 1903 to 1919.
Who is the first wife?
While best known for his theory of relativity, Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics specifically for his explanation of this phenomenon, which involves the emission of electrons from metal.
What is the Photoelectric Effect?
While he excelled in physics and math, in 1895, at age 16, Einstein failed the entrance exam for this Zurich institution due to lower marks in language, botany, and zoology.
What is the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School?
As a young child, Einstein did not begin speaking until this age, causing his parents to fear he was slow.
What is age 2?
In 1900, Einstein graduated from this prestigious Swiss institution, later returning as a professor.
What is the Zurich Polytechnic (or ETH Zurich)?
Einstein had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard, with his first wife, Mileva, before marrying this cousin in 1919.
Who is Elsa Löwenthal?
In one of his 1905 "miracle year" papers, Einstein explained this type of erratic motion of particles suspended in a fluid, providing crucial evidence for the existence of atoms.
What is Brownian motion?
Einstein famously added this "Constant" to his equations to make the universe static, later calling it his "biggest blunder".
What is the Cosmological Constant?
Young Albert was captivated when his father showed him this simple pocket instrument, which inspired his love for physics.
What is a compass?
When taking the college entrance exam at 16, Einstein failed the language and history portions, but excelled in these two subjects.
What are math and science?
In a 1919 divorce agreement, Einstein promised to give his first wife the money from this award, which he did not actually win until 1922.
What is the Nobel Prize (in Physics)?
Published in 1905 as a consequence of special relativity, this "most widely known equation" demonstrated that energy and mass are equivalent.
what is E=Mc² ?
For the last three decades of his life, Einstein failed in his attempts to develop this type of theory that would unify gravity and electromagnetism.
What is the Unified Field Theory?
Because of his slow speech development and deep, quiet contemplation, family members affectionately nicknamed him this.
What is "the dopey one" (or "der Depperl")?
Following his departure from the Gymnasium, Einstein finished his secondary education in this country, which he preferred for its liberal teaching style.
What is Switzerland?
This sister, two years younger than Einstein, was his only sibling.
Who is Maja (Maria) Einstein?
Completed in 1915, this groundbreaking theory redefined gravity not as a force, but as a curvature of space and time caused by mass.
What is the General Theory of Relativity?
Following his university studies, Einstein struggled to find work, partly because his doctoral thesis was rejected by the University of Zurich.
What is getting his doctorate?
At age 16, Einstein left school in Germany and Renounced his citizenship to avoid this mandatory service.
What is military service?
Einstein famously defined this process as "the training of the mind to think," rather than the mere learning of facts.
What is education?
This was the name of Einstein's first child, a daughter born in 1902 who likely died in infancy or was given up for adoption.
Who is Lieserl?
In the 1920s, Einstein and his colleague Leo Szilard collaborated on a successful, safer, and eco-friendly design for this household appliance.What is a refrigerator?
What is a refrigerator?
Despite his own contributions to early quantum theory, Einstein spent years arguing against the validity of quantum mechanics with this famous quote: "God does not play ____ with the universe".
What are dice?