World famous equation E=mc2 is part of our science book. It was Albert Einstein who came up with this equation. His revolutionary researches and discoveries made him planet’s best ever physicist. His work in theoretical physics is an inspiration for young scientist. You must be curious to know where he was born. Right? Albert is a German-born scientist. Famous Theory of Relativity and Photo-electric effect are all his discoveries. There are many fun facts about Einstein that you may not know.
Here are some Einstein Fun Facts
Nobel Prize
Albert Einstein was awarded Nobel Prize for his ground breaking work in physics in 1921.
Birthday
Einstein was born in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany on 14th March, 1879.
Favorite Places in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic was one of the favorite city of Albert Einstein. Kampa area and Charles Bridge were his preferred places to visit.
His Parents thought he wasn’t a normal baby
When newly born the back of Einstein’s head was large and wide. His parents thought Einstein was not a normal child. But after few weeks of birth the head gained its normal shape.
Favorite Music
Einstein love to play piano. His favorite music type was classical music.
Einstein’s siblings
Einstein has single sister Maja. He was two years elder than his sister. Moreover, Einstein belong to a middle-class Jew family.
He didn’t like socks
Like all other famous personalities, Einstein also had a weird trait. He thought that socks are useless. That’s why he never wore socks.
Einstein never learned swimming
Although Einstein love to sail but still he never learned swimming. He often used to read book during sailing. This habit developed while he was attending the Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. Perhaps the serene and calm environment allowed him to relax and think deeply about nature.
Curiosity
He was naturally very curious. His extraordinary power for understanding physics and math was God gifted. He is more than of a normal child. His intelligence level was more than 160.
He is known for bad memory
Einstein was bad in remembering numbers, dates and names. Once he said; “I don’t need to know everything. I just need to know where to find it, when I need it”. Einstein has bad memory that he didn’t even remember his own phone number.
He presented the model of refrigerator
May be it’s hard for you to believe in this fact. But Einstein presented an early model of refrigerator.
Theory of Relativity based on
The theory of relativity was Einstein most astonishing work in the field of physics. The equation E=mc2 is formulated to explain energy release in nuclear explosion and in other similar phenomena. According to this equation, mass is the most concentrated form of energy. In this equation E is for energy, m is for mass and c is the speed of light.
Einstein Syndrome
As kid he was a late talker. Einstein didn’t start to speak until the age of 4. It made his parents believe that he might be a slow child. There are chances that if a child start to speak late he might have “Einstein Syndrome”.
Thomas Sowell Researched on Einstein Syndrome
Actually, it was Thomas Sowell who developed this syndrome. According to him, in children with this syndrome analytical skills are astounding. Their visual skills develop before verbal skills.
Early Education
His formal schooling started at the age of 6. Einstein completed his early educational from Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich.
He moved from Switzerland to Prague
At the age of 32 Einstein moved from Zürich, Switzerland to Prague. He lived here for 16 months with his family. In Prague he attended the German-speaking branch of Charles University. This university was also known as the German university of Prague.
His mother taught him to play violin
Pauline was Einstein’s mother. She was a trained pianist and wanted Einstein to play it too. But at the age of six when her mother used to give her lessons on it Einstein really didn’t like it. But when he turned 13 he started to take interest in Piano.
A myth about Einstein
It is a myth that Einstein was not a bright child. He was not good in studies when child. But all this is not correct. Einstein was good in math and physics since childhood. Though he didn’t score better in other subjects but his proficiency in math was excellent.
His inspiration
Usually people get inspired by something when grown up. But this was not the case for Einstein. Albert once got ill. Because he has to stay in bed for rest for long time. His father gave him compass to play with. Needle of compass pointing towards north inspired him to be a physicist.
He worked as an assistant examiner
After graduation, Einstein got selected for a position of assistant examiner in a patent office. Would you believe Einstein’s boss didn’t promote him to higher post just because he had not mastered machine technology?
Sculpture of Einstein’s head
Einstein spent almost 16 months in Prague. His home was located in the Smíchov district. There were three bedrooms in their house. Although the name of the street changed later. Albert’s house was in building “Trebizskeho”. In the remembrance of Albert a sculpture of his head is placed in the building.
He refused to become president of Israel
On November 9, 1952, the first president of Israel died. After his death Albert was asked to become the president as he was a Jew. But Albert declined the offer saying that he had no experience to deal with people and also he is too old to be a president. Albert was 73 at that time.
Why Albert invented an early refrigerator model
However, he invented a decent refrigerator that operated on alcohol gas. He invented it after completing the Special Theory of Relativity. Albert invented it because he heard about a family who died because of Sulphur-emitting refrigerator.
Work on which he was awarded Nobel Prize
Many people think his work on Theory of Relativity caused him to get the Nobel Prize. But actually he was awarded the prize because of his discovery of photoelectric effect.
Einstein renounced German citizenship
He renounced German citizenship at the age of 17 when he joined Zurich’s school.
His first wife was Mileva Maric
Einstein met her while he was attending the school in Zurich. Their marriage was not accepted by Einstein’s family because of religious differences. However, Einstein’s father approved the marriage before his death.
Einstein’s daughter
Lieserl was Einstein’s daughter. No one know what had happened to her. She was born in 1902. There are assumptions that she died early because of some illness or he gave her for adoption. Lieserl was born before Einstein’s marriage.
Einstein had two sons
In 1903, Mileva and Einstein got married. Mileva’s first born was Hans Albert Einstein. Hans was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1904. His second son Eduard was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1910.
Einstein studied James Maxwell’s Theories
Einstein studied electromagnetic theories of James Maxwell and found out that James didn’t know the fact that speed of light remain constant. On th basis of this discovery he developed relativity theory.
His violin had a name
The name of his violin was Lina.
He mastered Calculus at a very young age
We all know about his extraordinary skills in math. At the age of 15 he mastered calculus. Impressive!
Einstein’s research paper published in Physics Journals
1905 was miracle year for Einstein. In this year his 4 papers on photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, Special Relativity and Equivalence of matter and energy was published in a well know physics journal.
Max Planck admired his work
Though many people praised his work but it was Max Planck who admired his work the most. After that Einstein became a star in physics.
Agreement between Mileva and Einstein
Einstein divorced his wife in 1919. There was an agreement that if Einstein won a Nobel prize he had to give the winning amount to Mileva.
Einstein had extramarital affairs
He acknowledged in his letters to his second wife Elsa Einstein that he had extramarital affairs. In 1919, Elsa and Einstein got married.
Smoking was his obsession
Einstein believed that pipe smoking keep a person calm. His views about smoking was “I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgmental in all affairs”.
Einstein didn’t have a car
Yes! Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car. Neither had he owned a car. If he needed to go somewhere on car he used to ask his friend to pick him. Really, it is one of the most astonishing fun facts about Albert Einstein.
His 50th birthday present
As mentioned earlier Einstein love to sail. On his 50th birthday he was given a boat as a present in 1929. He used to sail on this boat in New York. However, he was not a good sailor because he was rescued many times by the rescue teams. He didn’t know how to swim.
His name is an anagram
The word “Albert Einstein” originated by rearranging the phrase “Ten elite brains”.
Einstein’s brain was stolen after his death
Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey was the in charge who performed the autopsy of Einstein. But without the permission of Einstein’s son he stole his Einstein’s brain and sent it to different scientist across the world for research. He returned the brain in 1998.
Einstein refused getting Surgery
His doctor advised him to get surgery done but he refused it saying “It is tasteless to prolong life artificially”.
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