Albert
Einstein
By Josh Perkins
2005
Einstein’s Life
-was born in Ulm, Germany
-began school career in Munich in 1886
Einstein’s Life continued
-violin lessons age six to thirteen
-religious education at home:
Judaism
Einstein’s Life continued
-renounced German
citizenship 1886
-granted Swiss citizenship
1901
Einstein’s Life continued
-wished to be theoretical teacher
of physics and math
Einstein’s Life continued
-didn’t do much physical activity
-favorite exercise: riding bicycles
The 1905 Papers
Plaque honoring
Einstein for 1905
papers (German)
-wrote three papers in 1905
-papers now known as The
1905 Papers
Photoelectric Effect (first 1905
paper)
-photons (light particles) shined
onto metal release electrons
Brownian Motion (second
1905 paper)
Brownian Motion
Simulation
-paper was an analysis of the motion of
plant cells discovered by Robert Brown
-Einstein’s analysis showed the first
evidence of the existence of atoms
Einstein’s Special Theory of
Relativity (final 1905 paper)
-Einstein came
up with E=MC
squared in this paper
-E=MC squared
means that energy is
equal to mass times
constant (speed of
light) squared
General Theory of Relativity
-General theory of relativity = if someone
could reach a speed close to that of light, they
could, essentially, travel through time
-demonstrated on the event horizon of a
black hole
Einstein Report - End
Well, I hope you have learned a lot about
Albert Einstein from my report.
About Me
I love my
Cockatiels. I
have six.
I like
sharp
objects.
Bibliography
World Book Encyclopedia. Volume 5 - E. Page
146 - 147
Google Image Search.
www.google.com/imghp?hp=en&tab=wi&q
Albert Einstein website.
www.westegg.com/einstein
Albert Einstein website. www-groups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/Mathmeticians/Einstein.html