DA Diary
Albert Einstein
Had Aspergers Syndrome, was dyslexic
Einstein contributed more than any other scientist to the modern vision of physical reality. His special and general theories of relativity are still regarded as the most satisfactory model of the large-scale universe that we have.
Einstein earned a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1905 for a thesis On a new determination of molecular dimensions.
Einstein used Planck's quantum hypothesis to describe the electromagnetic radiation of light.
Einstein proposed the special theory of relativity. As a fundamental hypothesis, Einstein assumed that the speed of light remained constant in all frames of reference.
Later in 1905 Einstein showed how mass and energy were equivalent. He made important contributions to quantum theory.
By 1909 Einstein was recognised as a leading scientific thinker and in that year he resigned from the patent office. He was appointed a full professor at the Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague in 1911.
He was also offered the directorship of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics in Berlin which was about to be established.
Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921 but not for relativity rather for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect. Among further honours which Einstein received were the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1925 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1926.
One more major event in his life was when after the death of the first president of Israel in 1952, the Israeli government decided to offer the post of second president to Einstein. He refused but found the offer an embarrassment since it was hard for him to refuse without causing offence.
Einstein contributed more than any other scientist to the modern vision of physical reality. His special and general theories of relativity are still regarded as the most satisfactory model of the large-scale universe that we have.
Einstein earned a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1905 for a thesis On a new determination of molecular dimensions.
Einstein used Planck's quantum hypothesis to describe the electromagnetic radiation of light.
Einstein proposed the special theory of relativity. As a fundamental hypothesis, Einstein assumed that the speed of light remained constant in all frames of reference.
Later in 1905 Einstein showed how mass and energy were equivalent. He made important contributions to quantum theory.
By 1909 Einstein was recognised as a leading scientific thinker and in that year he resigned from the patent office. He was appointed a full professor at the Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague in 1911.
He was also offered the directorship of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics in Berlin which was about to be established.
Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921 but not for relativity rather for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect. Among further honours which Einstein received were the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1925 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1926.
One more major event in his life was when after the death of the first president of Israel in 1952, the Israeli government decided to offer the post of second president to Einstein. He refused but found the offer an embarrassment since it was hard for him to refuse without causing offence.