Sunday, August 15, 2010

Making a Change

Born in 1879, Ulm Germany, Albert Einstein was to become the most celebrated scientist of the twentieth Century.He became well known as a humanitarian, speaking out against nuclear weapons.Albert's early teachers found him not bright and slow to learn because Albert showed no interest in learning languages.At the age of 12,he read a geometry book cover to cover,later refer 'holy book'.By then,he was amazed by Math and so he taught himself Math.Albert father's family business failed and so they moved to Milan, Italy.He was later asked to leave by the school because his indifference was setting a bad example to other students.When he left the school,he decided to become a Maths teacher to help support him in his studies of maths and physics.He applied an admission to Federal institute of Technology in Zurich.Albert;s first attempt failed because he failed exams like:botany, zoology and languages however he passed the next year in 1900 and he became a swiss citizen.He married Mileva Marec, they had two sons before divorcing several years later.

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