Fun Facts About Albert Einstein
- In 1952 Israel offered Albert Einstein the largely ceremonial post of President of Israel. He wrote that he was "deeply moved" but could not accept it.[1]
- Einstein co-invented a refrigerator with Leo Szilard that had no moving parts and ran only on heat. The Swedish company Electrolux acquired the most promising patents.[1]
- Einstein befriended Charlie Chaplin, who invited Einstein and his wife Elsa to the Hollywood premiere of City Lights as his special guests.[1][3][4]
- After Einstein died in 1955, the pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey removed his brain for preservation without the family's permission.[1]
- Einstein's mother wanted him to learn the violin, and he began playing when he was 5.[1]
- Einstein's Nobel Prize was not for relativity: the 1921 prize honored his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.[1]
- Mark Twain and Albert Einstein were alive at the same time for 31 years.[1][2][5][6]
- Albert Einstein was alive at the same time as Ralph Waldo Emerson — their lives overlapped for 3 years (1879–1882).[1][2][7][8]
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".[1]
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Questions About Albert Einstein
When was Albert Einstein born?
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, and died on April 18, 1955.
How old was Albert Einstein at death?
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, and died on April 18, 1955, at age 76.
What was Albert Einstein known for?
Albert Einstein was known for: Theory of relativity, E=mc². Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".
Who was alive at the same time as Albert Einstein?
Albert Einstein's closest contemporary was Winston Churchill. Their lives overlapped for 76 years.
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- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
- Charlie Chaplin — Wikipedia
- Charlie Chaplin (Q882) — Wikidata
- Mark Twain — Wikipedia
- Mark Twain (Q7245) — Wikidata
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (Q48226) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer - restoration.jpg — Wikimedia Commons. Ferdinand Schmutzer / Adam Cuerden, Public domain