preview

Brief Biography: Albert Einstein And The Atomic Bomb

Decent Essays

Einstein was born March 14, 1879, in Ulm Germany. Einstein's mother and father are, Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch Einstein. EInstein was very slow to learn to speak. His parents thought he may be retarded. Einstein started violin lessons at age 6. At age 6 Einstein attended school at Petersschule on Blumenstraße. At age 10 he attended school at Luitpold gymnasium in Munich. As a boy Einstein’s teachers called him slow and lazy. At the age of 15 his teacher said that there was nothing left to teach him. In 1893 Einstein's family moved to Italy. In 1896 he finished high school in Aarau, Switzerland. Einstein relied on other students notes because he often skipped classes. He received his diploma in 1896. Albert Einstein never allowed obstacles …show more content…

citizen in 1940. He spoke out against war and violence. In 1939 Einstein learned that two German chemists had split the atom of uranium. This led him to write a letter to President Franklin D, Roosevelt explaining that this could lead to Germany’s development of an atomic bomb. He urged Franklin D. Roosevelt for the U.S to start up it’s own research on the atomic bomb. In 1945 the suggestions Einstein gave led to the Manhattan Project and the first two U.S atomic bombs. In 1930 Einstein developed a refrigerator that received a U.S patent. Einstein's refrigerator design used ammonia, butane, water and little energy to cool instead of freon like we use today. Scientist are now looking at Einstein's research to construct a refrigerator model like his that would be more eco-friendly. The element einsteinium was discovered in 1952 and was named in honor of Albert Einstein. When the holocaust came and Albert had to leave, Albert and other scientist were trying to warn people about Germany’s secret weapon also know as the nuclear bomb. People thought that he was crazy. Albert published 4 scientific papers that helped us understand the universe. The topics of these papers were Brownian movement or the zig-zag movement of microscopic particles. This helped him prove the existence of atoms and molecules. The second published paper was about the quantum theory of light. This said that light is composed of packets of energy called quanta or photons, these have some properties of waves. Also in this paper he explained the photoelectric effect. The next published paper (the third paper) discussed the special theory of relativity. This explained that time and motion a related as long as the speed of light remains constant. The fourth published paper talked about the link between mass and energy, this is where he discussed the famous equation of E=mc2. This formula demonstrates that a small particle of matter contains an enormous amount of energy. This

Get Access