"affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, until his death in 1955. Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers and more than 150 non-scientific works. His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word ""Einstein"" synonymous with ""genius"". Eugene Wigner wrote of Einstein in comparison to his contemporaries that ""Einstein's understanding was deeper even than Jancsi von Neumann's. His mind was both more penetrating and more original than von Neumann's. And that is a very remarkable statement."" Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg in the German Empire, on 14 March 1879."
"Hans Albert Einstein Hans Albert Einstein ( ; May 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973) was a Swiss-American engineer and educator, the second child and first son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić. Hans A. Einstein was a professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and was recognized for his research on sediment transport. His papers are held at the Water Resources Collections and Archives in the University of California, Riverside Libraries and in the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives. Hans Albert Einstein was born on May 14, 1904 in Bern, Switzerland, where his"
"Bernhard Caesar Einstein Bernard Caesar Einstein (10 July 1930 – 30 September 2008) was a Swiss-American physicist, the son of Hans Albert Einstein. Of the three known biological grandchildren of Albert Einstein, all sons of Hans, he was the only one to survive childhood. Bernard Einstein was the son of Hans Albert Einstein and Frieda Einstein (née Knecht), who had married in 1927 in Switzerland. He was born on 10 July 1930 in Dortmund, Germany, where Hans Albert was involved in a bridge building project. Hans Albert was the only one of Albert Einstein's three children to marry and have"
"Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire Immediate Family: Son of Moses Ainstein, Husband of Borichle Einstein, Father of Moyses Einstein. ƐịṇşţƏîŊ Birthdate: estimated before 1675 Immediate Family: Father of Baruch Moses Ainstein Einstein family The Einstein family is the family of the renowned physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955). Einstein's great-great-great-great-grandfather, Jakob Weil, was his oldest recorded relative, born in the late 17th century, and the family continues to this day. Albert Einstein's great-great-grandfather, Löb Moses Sontheimer (1745–1831), was also the grandfather of the prominent tenor Heinrich Sontheim (1820–1912) of Stuttgart. Albert's three children were from his relationship with his first wife, Mileva Marić,"
"as slide shows. He also loved music, as denoted on his gravestone, and he played flute and piano. Hans Albert Einstein died due to heart failure on July 26, 1973 (aged 69) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US. Hans Albert Einstein Hans Albert Einstein ( ; May 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973) was a Swiss-American engineer and educator, the second child and first son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić. Hans A. Einstein was a professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and was recognized for his research on sediment transport. His papers are held at the"
"Elsa, where she later died. Hermann Einstein (30 August 1847 – 10 October 1902) was the father of Albert Einstein. Hermann Einstein (also known as Hermann Moos) was born in Buchau, Kingdom of Württemberg to Abraham Einstein and Helene Moos (3 July 1814 – 20 August 1887). He had six siblings: At the age of 14, Hermann attended the secondary school in the regional capital Stuttgart and was academically successful. He had a strong affection for mathematics, and would have liked to study in this or a related area, but as the financial situation of the family precluded further education,"
"Einstein family The Einstein family is the family of the renowned physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955). Einstein's great-great-great-great-grandfather, Jakob Weil, was his oldest recorded relative, born in the late 17th century, and the family continues to this day. Albert Einstein's great-great-grandfather, Löb Moses Sontheimer (1745–1831), was also the grandfather of the prominent tenor Heinrich Sontheim (1820–1912) of Stuttgart. Albert's three children were from his relationship with his first wife, Mileva Marić, his daughter Lieserl being born a year before they married. Albert Einstein's second wife was Elsa Einstein, whose mother Fanny Koch was the sister of Albert's mother, and whose father,"
"early 2010s in both Germany and Italy to identify them. The events were also the subject of a German documentary featuring Einstein's nieces who witnessed the events in 1944. Robert Einstein was born in 1884 in Munich, the son of Jakob Abraham Einstein. Robert was a cousin of Nobel Prize Laureate Albert Einstein, as Hermann Einstein, Albert's father, was an older brother and business partner of Jakob Einstein, who persuaded his older brother to move their families and factory to Pavia, Italy. In 1944, Robert Einstein, who had lived in Italy for many decades, resided with his family in Rignano"
"Siegbert Einstein Siegbert Einstein (October 25, 1889, Bad Buchau – December 24, 1968, Riedlingen) was a German-Jewish politician, factory worker, civil servant, lawyer, Holocaust survivor, and the last Jew who lived in the Jewish community in Bad Buchau. Siegbert Einstein was born in Bad Buchau on October 25, 1889, the second son of Martin Einstein and Sally Dreyfus Einstein. Einstein joined the German Army, fought in World War I, and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Friedrich Order. He worked at Schussenrieder Street, 29. Soon afterwards he started operating in a fabric factory under the name ""Einstein"
"Carl Einstein Carl Einstein (26 April 1885 – 5 July 1940), born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist and critic. Regarded as one of the first critics to appreciate the development of Cubism, as well as for his work on African art and influence on the European ""avant-garde"", Einstein was a friend and colleague of such figures as George Grosz, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. His work combined many strands of both political and aesthetic discourse into his writings, addressing both the developing aesthetic of modern art and the political situation in Europe."
"Rudolf Einstein, was the son of Raphael Einstein, a brother of Albert's paternal grandfather. Thus Albert and Elsa were first cousins through their mothers and second cousins through their fathers. Einstein (English /'ain-stain/, German /'ain-ʃtain/): 1. German: habitation name from various places named with a Middle High German derivative of the verb ""einsteinen"" ‘to enclose, surround with stone’ because of the unsettled social climate of the Middle Ages. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): adaptation of the German name or else an ornamental name using the ending ""–stein"" ‘stone’. Variant (of 2): ""'Azfer"". Pauline Einstein (née Koch) (8 February 1858 – 20 February"
"photographed together in 1947 when Albert Einstein received an honorary doctorate from Princeton, but they did not know that they were distantly related. Alfred Einstein Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He is best known for being the editor of the first major revision of the Köchel catalogue, which was published in the year 1936. The Köchel catalogue is the extensive catalogue of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Einstein was born in Munich. Though he originally studied law, he quickly realized his principal love was music, and he acquired a doctorate"
"Elsa Einstein Elsa Einstein (18 January 1876 – 20 December 1936) was the second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein. Their mothers were sisters, making them first cousins, and further, their fathers were first cousins, making them second cousins. Elsa had the surname of Einstein at birth, lost it when she took the name of her first husband Max Löwenthal, and regained it in 1919 when she married her cousin Albert. Elsa, the daughter of Rudolf Einstein, was born in Hechingen in January 1876. She had two sisters: Paula (c. 1878–c. 1955) and Hermine (1872–1942). Rudolf was a textile manufacturer"
"the subject of many quotes that have especially become popular in the internet age and are falsely attributed to him, including ""the definition of insanity"". In 1999, leading physicists voted Einstein the ""greatest physicist ever"". His birthday, March 14, is also Pi Day, so called because 3/14 corresponds to 3.14, the first three digits of the number Pi. The town of Princeton, New Jersey, where Einstein lived for more than 20 years, celebrates March 14 every year as ""Princeton Pi Day and Einstein Birthday Party."" The children's television show ""Little Einsteins"" and the educational toys and videos of the Baby"
"last Jew buried in the Jewish Cemetery of Buchau. In 1959, Einstein received the Order of Merit because of his public work and efforts in the care of the Jewish community. Siegbert Einstein Siegbert Einstein (October 25, 1889, Bad Buchau – December 24, 1968, Riedlingen) was a German-Jewish politician, factory worker, civil servant, lawyer, Holocaust survivor, and the last Jew who lived in the Jewish community in Bad Buchau. Siegbert Einstein was born in Bad Buchau on October 25, 1889, the second son of Martin Einstein and Sally Dreyfus Einstein. Einstein joined the German Army, fought in World War I,"
"in the house on Mercer Street. Elsa Einstein Elsa Einstein (18 January 1876 – 20 December 1936) was the second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein. Their mothers were sisters, making them first cousins, and further, their fathers were first cousins, making them second cousins. Elsa had the surname of Einstein at birth, lost it when she took the name of her first husband Max Löwenthal, and regained it in 1919 when she married her cousin Albert. Elsa, the daughter of Rudolf Einstein, was born in Hechingen in January 1876. She had two sisters: Paula (c. 1878–c. 1955) and Hermine"
"21 Nov 1868), the son of Ruppert Einstein and Rebekha Overnauer, is the father of Hermann Einstein and grandfather of Hermann's son, Albert. Abraham married Helene Moos, also a German Jew, in April 1839 in Bad Buchau. Together, they had several children: Surnames are Einstein and places are in Germany unless otherwise noted. First known is Moses Ainstein (fl. c. 1700). He had two sons: Leopold (b. c. 1700); and Baruch Moses E/Ainstein (b. 1665 in Wangen; d. 1750). Baruch was likely the first to change the name spelling to Einstein. Baruch was married to Borichle (b. 1635) and had"
"award presented by the Albert Einstein Society in Bern, Switzerland. First given in 1979, the award is presented to people who have ""rendered outstanding services"" in connection with Einstein. The Albert Einstein Peace Prize is given yearly by the Chicago, Illinois-based Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation. Winners of the prize receive $50,000. Einstein's awards and honors During the year of 1922, Albert Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, ""for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"". This refers to his 1905 paper on the photoelectric effect, ""On"
"father, Albert Einstein, worked as a clerk in the patent office. His father was of German-Jewish descent and his mother, Mileva Marić, Serbian-Orthodox. His younger brother, Eduard Einstein, was born in 1910 and died in 1965. The fate of his older sister, Lieserl Einstein, Albert Einstein's and Mileva Marić's first child, is unknown. Their parents divorced in 1919 after living apart for five years. Einstein followed his mother's and father's footsteps and studied at ETH, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1926 he was awarded a diploma in civil engineering. From 1926 to 1930 he worked"
"Albert Einstein House The Albert Einstein House at 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States was the home of Albert Einstein from 1935 until his death in 1955. His wife Elsa Einstein died in 1936 while living in this house. The house was built sometime before 1876, as it originally stood on Alexander Street where Stuart Hall of the Princeton Theological Seminary was built in that year, also displacing the house now at 108 Mercer. The home is a simple pattern-book cottage and not in itself of unusual significance. Elsa Einstein purchased the home from Mary"
"even though it is owned by IAS, and is not open to public. There is no marker, however strategically placed plaques state ""Private Residence"". Albert Einstein House The Albert Einstein House at 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States was the home of Albert Einstein from 1935 until his death in 1955. His wife Elsa Einstein died in 1936 while living in this house. The house was built sometime before 1876, as it originally stood on Alexander Street where Stuart Hall of the Princeton Theological Seminary was built in that year, also displacing the house now"
"2001 Einstein Einstein (minor planet designation: 2001 Einstein), provisional designation , is a bright Hungaria asteroid from the innermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, on 5 March 1973. It is named after physicist Albert Einstein. The X-type asteroid, classified as a Xe-subtype on the SMASS taxonomic scheme, is a member of the Hungaria family, which form the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.7–2.1 AU once"
"a theoretical physicist and philosopher, widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. A German-Swiss Nobel laureate, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics. His father was Hermann Einstein, a salesman and engineer. His mother was Pauline Einstein (née Koch). The Einsteins were non-observant Jews. In 1933, Einstein was compelled to immigrate to the United States due to the rise to power of the Nazis under Germany's new chancellor, Adolf Hitler. While visiting American universities in April 1933, he learned that the new German government had passed a"
"Lewis Einstein Lewis David Einstein (March 15, 1877 in New York City - December 4, 1967 in Paris, France) was an American diplomat and historian. The son of wool magnate David L. Einstein, Lewis Einstein had two sisters: Amy, who married Joel Elias Spingarn, and Florence, who married Sir Charles Waldstein. He graduated from Columbia University in 1898, and earned a master's degree in 1899. Einstein's diplomatic career began in 1903, when he was appointed as Third Secretary of Legation at Constantinople. The next year, he married Helen Ralli, a noted English beauty a number of years older than he,"
"electromagnetic wave. Maxwell also left us outstanding contributions to colour theory, optics, Saturn's rings, statics, dynamics, solids, instruments, and statistical physics. However, his most important contributions were to electromagnetism. The year 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe, and who is widely acknowledged as the most important scientist of the 20th Century. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity fundamentally changed the way we understand gravity and the universe in general. He gave us a way to understand the universe as a whole"
"electricity travelling through a telegraph wire is often credited with inspiring the 16-year-old Albert Einstein to think about travelling along with a beam of light and seeing it stationary. Such thought experiments eventually led to his famous theory of special relativity. He was the uncle of Eduard Bernstein, a Social Democratic theorist and activist. Aaron Bernstein Aaron David Bernstein (6 April 1812, Danzig12 February 1884, Berlin) was a German Jewish author, reformer and scientist. His translation of the Song of Songs (published under the pseudonym of A. Bernstein, 1834) and his publication of ""Young Germany"" () established his reputation as"
"Thomas Martin Einstein Thomas Martin Einstein (born 1955), is an anesthesiologist and physician, at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica and the great-grandson of physicist Albert Einstein. Einstein graduated UCSC, and later from the UCLA School of Medicine in 1980; he is certified in both Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology. Albert Einstein had three children, Lieserl Maric (1902–1903?), Hans Albert Einstein (1904–1973), and Eduard ""Tete"" Einstein (1910–1965), but only Hans Albert is known to have married and had children. Hans Albert's only biological child to survive to adulthood was Bernard Caesar Einstein (1930–2008), who was a physicist and the father"
"distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."" Einstein died one month and 3 days after his friend, on 18 April 1955. Michele Besso Michele Angelo Besso (Riesbach, 25 May 1873 – Geneva, 15 March 1955) was a Swiss/Italian engineer. Besso was born in Riesbach from a family of Italian Jewish (Sephardi) descent. He was a close friend of Albert Einstein during his years at the Federal Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, today the ETH Zurich, and then at the patent office in Bern, where Einstein helped him to get a job. Besso is credited with introducing"
"Edwin Einstein Edwin Einstein (November 18, 1842 – January 24, 1905) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Einstein was son of Lamle 'Lewis' and Judith Einstein. He moved with his parents to New York City in 1846, worked as clerk in a store, and received a collegiate training in the College of the City of New York. He entered Union College, but did not graduate, and continued in mercantile pursuits. He married Fanny Hendricks. He went into a partnership with Louis Hirschhorn founding a cigar manufacturing business named ""Hirschhorn & Einstein""."
"his name should be written in gold letters in the history of Esperanto. However, later, during the Esperanto reform period of 1894, Zamenhof complained that the reform movement had begun when the members of Einstein's Nuremberg club ""gave up Volapük and became Esperantists, with the condition that the necessary (in their opinions) reforms would be made to Esperanto."" On the 100th anniversary of Einstein's death, a plaque was hung in Nuremberg commemorating the house where he lived. Leopold Einstein Leopold Einstein (born Löb in 1833, died 8 September 1890 in Nuremberg) was a Jewish teacher, vendor, and writer. He was"
"Alfred Einstein Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He is best known for being the editor of the first major revision of the Köchel catalogue, which was published in the year 1936. The Köchel catalogue is the extensive catalogue of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Einstein was born in Munich. Though he originally studied law, he quickly realized his principal love was music, and he acquired a doctorate at Munich University, focusing on instrumental music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, in particular music for the viola da gamba."
"Leopold Einstein Leopold Einstein (born Löb in 1833, died 8 September 1890 in Nuremberg) was a Jewish teacher, vendor, and writer. He was one of the early proponents of Esperanto. He was the first chairperson of the ""Nürnberger Weltspracheverein"", a Volapük organization founded on 18 February 1885, and remained chairperson until his resignation due to poor health on 22 February 1888. He was a strong supporter of Volapük, and wrote about 200 German-language articles about it. In 1885, he published a German-language treatise about attempts at creating a world language from Leibniz to the present. When Einstein read L. L."
"Einstein's involvement in social and political life was characterized by communist sympathies and anarchist views. A target of the German right wing during the interwar Weimar period, Einstein left Germany for France in 1928, a half-decade ahead of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, later taking part in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the anti-Francisco Franco anarcho-syndicalists during the 1930s. Trapped in southern France following Nazi Germany's defeat of the French Third Republic, Einstein took his own life by jumping from a bridge on 5 July 1940. Carl Einstein who was born to a"