Life of Albert Einstein

By Erika Yajaira

  • BIRTH

    BIRTH
    Albert Einstein was born in March 1879 to a Jewish family

  • CHILHOOD

    CHILHOOD
    His mother, who played various musical instruments, inspired Einstein's musical passion. His uncle Jakob Einstein, an engineer, who gave him science books to read.

  • TRIPS

    TRIPS
    He reunited with his family in Milan (Italy), where due to financial difficulties, his parents had moved with his little sister Maya.

  • GRADUATION

    GRADUATION
    In 1900 he graduated and obtained the title of Professor of Mathematics and Physics.

  • MARRIAGE

    MARRIAGE
    In 1901 he married Mileva Marić and had a daughter.

  • ACHIEVEMENTS

    ACHIEVEMENTS
    In 1905 he published articles of great relevance to science: on the photoelectric effect, on Brownian motion and the theory of special relativity.

  • ACHIEVEMENTS

    ACHIEVEMENTS
    In 1905 he finished his doctorate.

  • AWARDS

    AWARDS
    In 1921 he won his first Nobel Prize in Physics.

  • DEATH

    DEATH
    Einstein passed away in Princeton in 1955 leaving a scientific legacy that revolutionized the science of the 20th century and, for now, probably the 21st.