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Albert Einstein
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Born in the German Empire, Einstein moved to Switzerland in 1895, forsaking his German citizenship (as a subject of the Kingdom of Württemberg) the following year. In 1897, at the age of seventeen, he enrolled in the mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Swiss federal polytechnic school in Zürich, graduating in 1900. In 1901, he acquired Swiss citizenship, which he kept for the rest of his life. In 1903, he secured a permanent position at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1905, he submitted a successful PhD dissertation to the University of Zurich. In 1914, he moved to Berlin in order to join the Prussian Academy of Sciences and the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1917, he became director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics; he also became a German citizen again, this time as a subject of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Horrified by the Nazi war of extermination against his fellow Jews, Einstein decided to remain in the US, and was granted American citizenship in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential German nuclear weapons program and recommended that the US begin similar research. Einstein supported the Allies but generally viewed the idea of nuclear weapons with great dismay.
Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. In 1905, he published four groundbreaking papers, sometimes described as his ''annus mirabilis'' (miracle year). These papers outlined a theory of the photoelectric effect, explained Brownian motion, introduced his special theory of relativity—a theory which addressed the inability of classical mechanics to account satisfactorily for the behavior of the electromagnetic field—and demonstrated that if the special theory is correct, mass and energy are equivalent to each other. In 1915, he proposed a general theory of relativity that extended his system of mechanics to incorporate gravitation. A cosmological paper that he published the following year laid out the implications of general relativity for the modeling of the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole.
In the middle part of his career, Einstein made important contributions to statistical mechanics and quantum theory. Especially notable was his work on the quantum physics of radiation, in which light consists of particles, subsequently called photons. With the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, he laid the groundwork for Bose-Einstein statistics. For much of the last phase of his academic life, Einstein worked on two endeavors that proved ultimately unsuccessful. First, he advocated against quantum theory's introduction of fundamental randomness into science's picture of the world, objecting that "God does not play dice". Second, he attempted to devise a unified field theory by generalizing his geometric theory of gravitation to include electromagnetism too. As a result, he became increasingly isolated from the mainstream modern physics. His intellectual achievements and originality made ''Einstein'' broadly synonymous with ''genius''. In 1999, he was named ''Time'''s Person of the Century. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal ''Physics World'', Einstein was ranked the greatest physicist of all time. Provided by Wikipedia
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Investigations on the theory of Brownian movement by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Relativity, the special and the general theory: a popular exposition by Albert Einstein by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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The meaning of relativity 5th ed. by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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The evolution of physics; the growth of ideas from early concepts to relativity and quanta [New ed.] by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Dear Professor Einstein : Albert Einstein's letters to and from children by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Ideas and opinions by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Relativity : the special and general theory The masterpiece science ed. by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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Ideas and opinions by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
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The evolution of physics : the growth of ideas from early concepts to relativity and quanta by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Infeld, Leopold, 1898-1968
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Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, Nathan Rosen : can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete? by Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955, Podolsky, Boris, 1896-1966, Rosen, Nathan, -1995
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Living philosophies
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Albert Einstein : chief engineer of the Universe : one hundred authors for Einstein
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Albert Einstein: philosopher-scientist [2d ed.].
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The genesis of general relativity. Volume 4, Gravitation in the twilight of classical physics : the promise of mathematics by SpringerLink (Online service)
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Einstein : a centenary volume
Published: Harvard University Press, 1979Other Authors: “…Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955…”Description: xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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A. Einstein : how I see the world by VPI-Videfilm Producers International, Ltd, Lumen Productions, Turner Home Entertainment (Firm), PBS Home Video
Published: PBS Home Video ; Turner Home Entertainment, 1995Other Authors: “…Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955…”Description: 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 1/2 in.
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The principle of relativity; a collection of original memoirs on the special and general theory of relativity by Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Published: Dover, 1923Other Authors: “…Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955…”Description: viii, 216 pages ; 21cm.
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Letters on wave mechanics: Schrödinger, Planck, Einstein, Lorentz
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