ALBERT EINSTEIN'S BIOGRAPHY

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S BIOGRAPHY

Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Physicist and mathematician German, nationalized Swiss and later American. He was one of the most controversial geniuses of all time, which revolutionized our perception of the universe. Extravagant and distracted but also a simple man, he became deeply interested in the affairs of the world and had faith in the greatness of the human being. His infinite desire for understanding and thirst for insatiable knowledge led him to make the most important discoveries that would revolutionize science, Philosophy and the world of physics.

The creator of the theory of relativity, was born in the city of Ulm (Wuttemberg, Germany) on March 14, 1879. He was the eldest son of Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch, both Jews, from Swabia.

Einstein had a difficult childhood, but his father and uncle Jakob Einstein, who had moved with the family to Munich and established in that city as traders in the Electrotechnical news of the time, encouraged him from an early age to become interested in mathematics and science. While still a child and during his stay in Munich, he attended first-year studies at the Catholic institute, where his grades were not very high.Introverted and self-absorbed, slow intellectual development, he found it difficult to make friends because of his character Withdrawn and shy, although some biographers assert that he also suffered from dyslexia, reason why he was seen by his teachers as a difficult student and little given to integrate into his group. His childhood partner was a violin and he also liked to compose melodies on his mother's piano.

In 1894, due to economic difficulties, his father moved to Pavia, Italy, near the city of Milan. Meanwhile Albert remained in Germany to finish high school, which concluded with mediocre qualifications, except in mathematics. The following year he met his parents.

Later the family sent him to study in Switzerland, receiving in 1896 the diploma of graduate of the Federal Polytechnic University, of the city of Zurich, where he was student of the mathematician Hermann Minkowski, who later generalized the four-dimensional formalism introduced by the theories of his old student.

In 1900 he graduated from high school teacher in mathematics and physics at that Swiss university and in 1901 adopted the citizenship of that country. Despite trying to work as a teacher, the road was difficult, because his teaching methods were considered heterodox, which caused him to lose three jobs.

On June 23, 1902 Einstein began to serve as a technical expert at the Swiss Patent Office in Berne, where he worked until 1909. In 1903, he married Mileva Maric, a young Serbian former classmate in Zurich, with whom A year earlier he had had a daughter whom they called Liserl. After their marriage they had two other children, Hans Albert and Eduard, born respectively in 1904 and 1910. In 1919 Einstein divorced Mileva and later married his cousin Elsa.