ALBERT EIENSTEIN

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ALBERT EIENSTEIN He was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, he also made important contributions to quantum mechanics, and was thus a central figure in the revolutionary reshaping of the scientific understanding of nature that modern physics accomplished in the first decades of the twentieth century. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called “the world’s most famous equation.

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BIRTHPLACEBIRTHPLACEULMGERMANY
MUSEUM
BERN HISTORICAL MUSEUM		BERNSWITZERLAND
HOUSEALBERT EISENTEINBERNSWITZERLAND
HOUSEEinstein and his family — wife Mileva and sons Hans Albert and Edward — resided in Smíchov at Trebížského Street no. 1215, now named Lesnická street. They lived in a comfortable three-bedroom apartment, on the left bank of river Vltava. The house now holds a plaque and life-size figure of Einstein’s head.PRAGUECZECH REPUBLIC
ALMA MATERCENTRAL CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAUGSBURGGERMANY
ALMA MATEROld Cantonal School AarauSWITZERLAND
ALMA MATERLuitpold GymnasiumMUNICHGERMANY
ALMA MATERUNIVERSITY OF ZURICH ZURICH SWITZERLAND
ALBERT EIENSTEIN TAUGHTIn the quiet rooms of the Institute of Theoretical Physics of Prague’s German University in Viničná Street,PRAGUECZECH REPUBLIC
EIENSTEIN VISITEDHe would also visit a salon at Old Town Square. A plaque on building No.17, called At the Unicorn (U Jednorožce), states that was the building he visited. The building had a pharmacy called ‘At the Unicorn’ until 1945, and now has a bookstore called U Jednorožce.PRAGUECZECH REPUBLIC
EIENSTEIN VISITEDThere are other buildings on the square called At the White Unicorn (no. 15) and At the Golden Unicorn (no. 20). but the plaque is in the right spot. Plaque at Old Town Square 17.PRAGUECZECH REPUBLIC
DEATHPLACEHOUSEPRINCETONNEW JERSEY
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