A True Hero

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Born March 14, 1879(1879-03-14) Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
Died April 18, 1955 (aged 76) Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Residence Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA
Citizenship Germany (1879–96, 1914–33) Switzerland (1901–55)
United States (1940–55)
Ethnicity Ashkenazi Jewish
Fields Physics
Institutions Swiss Patent Office (Berne) University of Zurich Charles University, Pragu ETH Zurich Academy of Sciences Kaiser Wilhelm Institute University of Leiden Institute for Advanced Study Alma mater ETH Zurich University of Zurich Doctoral advisor Alfred Kleiner
Other academic advisors Heinrich Friedrich Weber
Known for General relativity
-Special relativity
-Brownian motion
-Photoelectric effect
-Mass-energy equivalence
-Einstein field equations
-Unified Field Theory
-Bose–Einstein statistics
-EPR paradox
Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
-Copley Medal (1925)
-Max Planck Medal (1929)
Religious stance See main text
Signature:



Albert Einstein at the age of 14:



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