ALBERT EINSTEIN
Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 in the German city of Ulm, without any indication that he was destined for greatness. On the contrary, his mother thought Albert was a freak. To her, his head seemed much too large.
At the age of two-a-half, Einstein still wasn't talking. When he finally did learn to speak, he uttered everything twice. Einstein did not know what to do with other children, and his playmates called him "Brother Boring." So the youngster played by himself much of the time. He especially loved mechanical toys. Looking at his newborn sister, Maja, he is said to have said: "Fine but where are her wheels?"
A headmaster once told his father that what Einstein chose as a profession wouldn't matter, because"he'll never make a success at anything." Einstein began learning to play the violin at the age of six, because his mother wanted him to; he later became a violinist, maintaining this skill throughout his life.Einstein’s parents were secular, middle-class Jews. His father, Hermann Einstein, was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran an electrochemical factory with moderate success. His mother, the former Pauline Koch, ran the family household. He had one sister, Maria (who went by the name Maja), born two years after Albert.In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States, Adolf hitler came to power. Because of his jewish background, Einstein did not return to Germany. He settled in the United States and became an American citizen in 1940. On the eve of world war ll, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. roosevelt alerting FDR to the potential development of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type" and recommending that the US begin similar research. This eventually led to the Manthan project Einstein supported the Allies, but he generally denounced the idea of
using nuclear fission as a weapon.
A headmaster once told his father that what Einstein chose as a profession wouldn't matter, because"he'll never make a success at anything." Einstein began learning to play the violin at the age of six, because his mother wanted him to; he later became a violinist, maintaining this skill throughout his life.Einstein’s parents were secular, middle-class Jews. His father, Hermann Einstein, was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran an electrochemical factory with moderate success. His mother, the former Pauline Koch, ran the family household. He had one sister, Maria (who went by the name Maja), born two years after Albert.In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States, Adolf hitler came to power. Because of his jewish background, Einstein did not return to Germany. He settled in the United States and became an American citizen in 1940. On the eve of world war ll, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. roosevelt alerting FDR to the potential development of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type" and recommending that the US begin similar research. This eventually led to the Manthan project Einstein supported the Allies, but he generally denounced the idea of
using nuclear fission as a weapon.
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