Albert Einstein
14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955
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. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
Life events
Completed a teaching diploma in mathematics and physics at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic.
Published four groundbreaking papers on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and mass–energy equivalence.
Received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
Left Germany after the rise of the Nazi regime and took up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Warned President Roosevelt of the possibility of nuclear weapons, prompting US atomic research.