scholar 1879 Born in Ulm, Germany, to Hermann Einstein (1847-1902) and Pauline Koch (1858-1920).
1896 Renounces German citizenship. Gets diploma from Aarau, enrolls at ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) .
1902 Employed at patent office, Bern.
1903 Marries Mileva Maric (1875-1948). They have two sons, Hans Albert (1904-1973), who became a successful hydraulic engineer, and Eduard (1910-1965), who fell prey to incurable schizophrenia. A daughter (1902-?) was born before the marriage and apparently put up for adoption--her fate is unknown.
1905 Publishes in the Annalen der Physik: collected papers of Albert Einstein
-Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristishen Gesichtspunkt, on the quantum of light and the photo-electric effect.
-Die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen, on Brownian motion of particles and atomic theory.
-Elektrodynamic bewegter Körper, the special theory of relativity.
-Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieeinhalt abhängig?, equivalence of mass and energy.
1907 -Planckshe Theorie der Strahlung und die Theorie der spezifische Wärme, quantum theory for solids (specific heats).
-Relativitätsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen, the principle of general relativity--gravitation is equivalent to acceleration.
1909 Becomes associate professor at University of Zurich. Further work on quantum theory.
1911 Predicts bending of starlight at eclipses (but gets the magnitude wrong).
1912 Becomes professor at the ETH in Zurich. 1914 Becomes professor at University of Berlin.
1896 Renounces German citizenship. Gets diploma from Aarau, enrolls at ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) .
1902 Employed at patent office, Bern.
1903 Marries Mileva Maric (1875-1948). They have two sons, Hans Albert (1904-1973), who became a successful hydraulic engineer, and Eduard (1910-1965), who fell prey to incurable schizophrenia. A daughter (1902-?) was born before the marriage and apparently put up for adoption--her fate is unknown.
1905 Publishes in the Annalen der Physik: collected papers of Albert Einstein
-Über einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristishen Gesichtspunkt, on the quantum of light and the photo-electric effect.
-Die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen, on Brownian motion of particles and atomic theory.
-Elektrodynamic bewegter Körper, the special theory of relativity.
-Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieeinhalt abhängig?, equivalence of mass and energy.
1907 -Planckshe Theorie der Strahlung und die Theorie der spezifische Wärme, quantum theory for solids (specific heats).
-Relativitätsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen, the principle of general relativity--gravitation is equivalent to acceleration.
1909 Becomes associate professor at University of Zurich. Further work on quantum theory.
1911 Predicts bending of starlight at eclipses (but gets the magnitude wrong).
1912 Becomes professor at the ETH in Zurich. 1914 Becomes professor at University of Berlin.
1915 Cosigns "Manifesto to Europeans" separating himself from German militarism.
-Feldgleichungen der Gravitation, the general relativity equations.
1916 -Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, book laying out the general theory of relativity.
Becomes president of the German Physical Society.
-Quantentheorie der Strahlung, derives momentum carried by light quanta; a 1917 paper with the same title explains stimulated emission.
1917 -Kosmologische Betrachtungen zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, cosmology equations with the "cosmological term" and expanding universe.
1919 Divorced from Mileva. Marries his cousin Elsa Einstein Löwenthal (1876-1936).
-Feldgleichungen der Gravitation, the general relativity equations.
1916 -Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, book laying out the general theory of relativity.
Becomes president of the German Physical Society.
-Quantentheorie der Strahlung, derives momentum carried by light quanta; a 1917 paper with the same title explains stimulated emission.
1917 -Kosmologische Betrachtungen zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, cosmology equations with the "cosmological term" and expanding universe.
1919 Divorced from Mileva. Marries his cousin Elsa Einstein Löwenthal (1876-1936).
Bending of light near sun observed at eclipse.
1920 Public attacks on relativity theory and Einstein by anti-Semites.
1922 Works on unified field theory. Awarded Nobel Prize in physics.
1924 -Quantentheorie des einigatomigen idealen Gases, the "Bose-Einstein" quantum theory of statistical fluctuations.
1927 Begins dialogue on quantum theory interpretation with Niels Bohr at the fifth Solvay Congress.
1929-Einheitliche Feldtheorie, widely publicized attempt to unify gravitational and electromagnetic field theories.
1932 Appointed professor at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
1920 Public attacks on relativity theory and Einstein by anti-Semites.
1922 Works on unified field theory. Awarded Nobel Prize in physics.
1924 -Quantentheorie des einigatomigen idealen Gases, the "Bose-Einstein" quantum theory of statistical fluctuations.
1927 Begins dialogue on quantum theory interpretation with Niels Bohr at the fifth Solvay Congress.
1929-Einheitliche Feldtheorie, widely publicized attempt to unify gravitational and electromagnetic field theories.
1932 Appointed professor at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
1933 Nazis come to power in Germany; Einstein settles in United States.
1935 -Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete? (with B. Podolsky and N. Rosen), continuing the debate over interpretation.
1939 Outbreak of World War II; Einstein signs letter to President Roosevelt warning of possibility of atomic bombs.
1940 Becomes citizen of United States (retaining Swiss citizenship).
1948 -Generalized theory of gravitation, an example of continuing attempts to find a more universal mathematical approach to field theory.
1952 Offered presidency of Israel, and declines.
1935 -Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete? (with B. Podolsky and N. Rosen), continuing the debate over interpretation.
1939 Outbreak of World War II; Einstein signs letter to President Roosevelt warning of possibility of atomic bombs.
1940 Becomes citizen of United States (retaining Swiss citizenship).
1948 -Generalized theory of gravitation, an example of continuing attempts to find a more universal mathematical approach to field theory.
1952 Offered presidency of Israel, and declines.
Special Theory of Relativity (1905),
General Theory of Relativity (1916),
Investigations on Theory of Brownian Movement (1926),
About Zionism (1930),
Why War? (1933),
My Philosophy (1934),
The Evolution of Physics (1938).
Out of My Later Years (1950)
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