Matthew
5-Burzinski
5/29/12
Language Arts
Coming to America Albert Einstein
He may be the most brilliant man known in American history. Many citizens
of the U.S.A. know the name of this extraordinary man, but they say: “Hey that
guy created the light bulb,” or “He was a famous biologist;” neither of them is
correct. This is a man who protected his notes more than his life, a man so
intelligent that he solved a problem that people didn’t have half an idea of what it
was or meant. This man’s name is Albert Einstein.
Let us start with controversy. He didn’t have much against him; the only
thing was that he made was the atomic bomb that was used by America against
Japan. The Japanese ambassador was very mad at him for the destruction. People
in America were happy about the bombings in Japan. This is because this was
soon after Pearl Harbor. Americans were happy that Japan was bombed.
Albert loved America and he hated his own country, Germany. He hated
Germany because everything that people thought was amusing was war and
death. Albert hated it, so he moved to America were it was more peaceful.
However, when he did that, he left his notes in his house, and when the Germans
took over that area and they found the notes. They took it to a scientist and he
understood how to make such a weapon. To them it was time to bomb America.
Albert realized he left his notes at home and was for sure that the Germans
reached the notes. He knew that he had to warn America. But, how could he? He
decided when he was interviewed he would tell American government.
Albert moved to America because in Germany it was a 24 hour 7 days a
week war zone. One of the things that persuaded him to move was a very
dangerous toxin called mustard gas, an acid grenade that rots the victim inside
and out. It rots the lungs and burns the skin and the pain is unbearable. He had to
leave his son in Germany because the Germans enforced a law that stated all
teens must go into war or they will be executed in front of their family. In 1933 he
moved to Princeton, NJ, then moved to NYC were he chose to live in a small
apartment.
His quotes were the most striking of all and some of his famous quotes that
were written included: “My mind is my laboratory.” This means that he doesn’t
need a lab to do experiments, he can just think about the conclusion. “Knowledge
is limited but imagination encircles the world.” This means that you don’t have to
know everything you just have to imagine it. Lastly “I am enough of an artist to
draw freely upon my imagination.” This means you don’t have to create things in
the real world you can imagine them too.
I chose Albert because he created the atomic bomb and he played an
important role in World War II. He made famous quotes that I explained before.
He was a famous genius known in many different parts of the world. He was of
German heritage and so am I.
He had many career milestones. First, he solved the complicated equation
e=mc² did you understand that? Next, he created the atom bomb which
ended World War II. Thirdly, he found the theory of relativity. Lastly, he found the
quantum theory.
Some general information about this brilliant man was: He was born: March
14, 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He came to America in 1933. His education was
Princeton University. His hometown was New York City. He was deceased on April
18, 1955 at 76 yrs. old. He died of heart failure. He was married to Mileva Maric
until she died, and then married Elsa Lowenthal. He had children with his first
wife.
This man was brilliant since he was about 3 years old. He dreamed during
school about him racing across the universe and what he would see and what he
would run into. The teachers suspended him from school. He was a genius that
took after his father. His father was an electrician that created colored lights. This
man was a true mastermind from surviving a war to accidently creating one and
solving a problem that no one understood. He founded relativity to having the
guts to leave his sons behind for their safety in Germany before immigrating to
America. He was one very extraordinary man and he never gave up on anything.
To playing with a nuclear reactor tube, to surviving a strong, and highly poisonous
gas in a bombing that he needed medical attention. Never did he give up; he
loved the U.S.A and he always did. This well-known American name is Albert
Einstein.