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MN wo. Ft ft bes t <P pe pap ta OO num We hb Ved oe te daa 24 UR ee uy Boe TN ede oe oe de feasted OOD FOU mete Ow / quire toes % PeTTs ii ot ‘ A 4 * Wheb his parents weni te Mita the tehind at schol. rt inwiged to accure & cettificale stating that he rae sullers ing from nervous exhaustion, and sncceedy in; Joining them. PTs half yer in Ttaly are fheoen, ofan fripulsive gestore be atanidoned his German citizenshin dn: ' rever to return, ‘Wheré be did ge was to Switreriond, where he studied ina lechnical ehoal in Aarau and then at the Zurich Téehs |. weal Academy. He hecanie a Sius cublect, and it wax in this school that fe met a Serbiadl feliow-etident, a gifted mathematici-n named Mileyva Marec, whom he married in (90d and: by whoo be had two sous, Albert, Jr. and Taward. They were divorced 15 years lates, To this same year, 190T, he bean teaching. first in the Technical School tn Wirterthar, tren as a ptivate tutor, iit Sehaffksusen. En 2 PF ho owent te fork ge a peteut office ex- wouner te Heene This was the pethal when he fire Geran the research and studics which ciliniwated fy the formulation bf the Rels- livily Theory, the first naper being Cn the Mlectrad agentes of Mewing Bodies, published in PRIS He alsa took his fr, 0), deg:ee from vv University of Zurich fp 1909 he was apponte! a professor at the Unisrrsity of H I ‘ urfch. ffe fectuced on theeretical physica, Liincipall, on the science of heat His only regular attendants were two personal friends! At this time he reccived a position at Mame Vonivertity as lecturer, Already, in F908, he had been invited to tecture oon relativity and tie ceviatetution of Veht before the congress of scientists, meet- tigi Satzburg it was hie first appearance af such an aMicial gathering, and the frst ree- egnition of his work. Pt fed ie Hrecuy to his appointment a& orfinary professor of physics at the Geonan University in Prague (1901-12). He- hated to leave Switrerlend to po to what waé then Ansire-Huspary, bul once thre ne found Jne positioe tinch pleasanter than it bad been in the lareef amiversity in Zurich, then, acvear ainl a half later, fie was eplled back to Zurich, this time to the Confederate Doulstechnic Acadens, where he had once heen = etiident he Ile hed 4 mM STU, aa wilt and tvo small boys to support, however, and had no choice. This time his lectures were well attended and eothwsiastical’y received. In 1944, already a figure of world promi: nenee, RM Opportuiity was offered him that he did unt dare refuse, ‘Through the ciforts of Max Planck, tre fanious physicist, a pro- fessorship was offered hiny by ihe Prassian Academy of Scienecs in Thrltt, with ono official duties, ‘ittle terching, but untanited opportunity for study. A separate Physical Instifite waa ta be edtablished for him but he declined this. since his work was bv now almost entirely theeretical, He went to Rerlin in 1944, retaining his Swias csizenship, and remained there until the Navi forced ae to leave, lt ig impossihte to explain hriefly to lay readers just what the Theory of Reiatiity implies, or what jt. significance is. Put as sinply as posible it) regards time as the fourth dimension, thus making all physical -- my was reluctant to ga. re, BS .§ ie A wo a ALBENT PINRTMIN phenosena (from our polit of view as three dimensional beings) refative, not absotete, ft éxplaing mass, grevily, merida, spare and time, It is mathematical Wi origin, though moet of ite proofs and demonstrations come from astrohs - oms aud aste -physice. Einstein. is dewottig ite remainder of hig jife to a search for a “unified feld theory” which will bridge refs. tivity and quantum inechanies (ibe mvatiomatics of the atom and its parts), and thus embrace all plenomens dren the electron to the, unl. verse. ‘yer 4,000 book« and pamphlets and uncountable nambers 41° articles lave ben written comicueating oo, medifyitg, tpposling of upholding the apecial and pentru! Relativity Theory , Bitterly fought jin dome scientific citcles, if i¥ now aecepfed, as a Whole, by niost plysiciyts and wathenaticiang, But elther expontions ot aftacks involve @ feclidical bark- ground which limits profttable discussion ta thé world of professional science, 4 Einstam received the Nobel Price in physics in 162) and gave ali the prize money to charity. | Fle tinsel thoes not know how many honorary degrees he hae received of to how many learn- ed societies he belongs. With chatacteristic modesty, he lists among afl his arious merase and decorations only the Copley Medal of the Roval Society, received in 1925, and the Frask- i Nes Tnattute Medal rervived in 1935. Ele was wo rescarch student of Christ Chutch, Oxford, until 1940, when he was Rhodes Memorial ! Lecturer and received an honorary D, Se. de- ree thete, The sane year he waa Rouse all Lecturer at Carnbridgs, During his ears te Berlin he traveled frequently to give ectures abroad and in 194] he spent severa! niotths at the California Institute af Tech nology, He also made at least one long trip around the world. From 1912 to )92B he was F rofessur of physica at the University of © . ‘ syden, “conumiting” for thar perpose from Bertin and continuing right through the First mi.” ~ bh ~~ 7 i. fe