On This Day in History … March 14, 1879

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany, to a Jewish electrical engineer.

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He studied physics and mathematics in Zurich, Switzerland, and received his Ph.D. in 1905.

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1905 was a pivotal year for Einstein, known as his "miracle year", where he published five influential papers.

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His work on the photoelectric effect laid the foundation for quantum theory and earned him the 1921 Nobel Prize.

He provided evidence for the existence of atoms through his explanation of Brownian motion.

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Special theory of relativity proposed that time and space are relative, and the speed of light is constant.

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His famous equation, E=mc², emerged from his exploration of special relativity, indicating the equivalence of mass and energy.

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General theory of relativity (1916) explained gravity as a curvature of spacetime caused by mass.

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Einstein became a world-renowned scientist after the confirmation of his general relativity predictions in 1919.

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He actively opposed militarism and advocated for Zionism, leading him to flee Nazi Germany and settle in the US in 1933.

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