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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein in1921
Born (1879-03-14)14 March 1879
Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died 18 April 1955(1955-04-18) (aged 76)
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Residence Germany, Italy,Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, United Kingdom, United States
Citizenship Württemberg/Germany (1879–1896)
Stateless (1896–1901)
Switzerland (1901–1955)
Austria (1911–1912)
Germany (1914–1933)
UnitedStates (1940–1955)

Fields Physics
Institutions Swiss Patent Office (Bern)
University of Zurich
Charles University in Prague
ETH Zurich
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Kaiser Wilhelm InstituteUniversity of Leiden
Institute for Advanced Study

Alma mater ETH Zurich
University of Zurich

Doctoral advisor Alfred Kleiner
Other academic advisors Heinrich Friedrich Weber
Notablestudents Ernst G. Straus
Nathan Rosen
Leó Szilárd
Raziuddin Siddiqui[1]

Known for General relativity and special relativity
Photoelectric effect
Mass-energy equivalence
Theory of Brownian MotionEinstein field equations
Bose–Einstein statistics
Bose-Einstein condensate
Bose–Einstein correlations
Unified Field Theory
EPR paradox

Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
MatteucciMedal (1921)
Copley Medal (1925)
Max Planck Medal (1929)
Time Person of the Century (1999)

Spouse Mileva Marić (1903–1919)
Elsa Löwenthal (1919–1936)
Signature


Albert Einstein (/ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: [ˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪn] ( listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, effecting a revolution inphysics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics[2][3] and the most influential physicist of the 20th century. While best known for his mass–energy equivalence...