Switzerland

It is very odd but, Albert absolutely hate school. When he went to his German school, the rules were strict and the teachers where as mean as a swarm of piranhas. He often got failing grades and did poorly on tests. Albert refused to study things that did not interest him. Albert liked math and so it was the only thing he did good in. One day when he was twelve he received a simple book on geometry. This was the thing that made him so fond of math. During this time his Uncle Jakob taught him algebra and how to do it. When Albert was just fifteen years old his father's business in Munich began to fail. His family moved to Milan, Italy while he stayed behind to earn his diploma in high school. Albert was unhappy without his family. He began to learn the violin and quit after only a small time playing it. Kids in school made fun of him because he was Jewish. His teachers hated that he asked so many questions and made him stop. He couldn't stand it anymore.

After only six months he left the school and moved to Milan, Italy with his family. He discovered Italy as one of his favorite places in the world. Einstein wanted to get into a university but, it was very difficult to do with no diploma. In 1895 he took a test that if he passed he would be accepted at the Swiss Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, Switzerland. He did very bad in biology, zoology, and languages, but did fantastic in math and physics. He did so good that one of the Swiss professors told him to study more and retake the test. So he did one more year of high school in Switzerland. In 1896 he passed the test and entered the institute. He had many troubles in this school again. Einstein graduated in 1900. Because he had a bad reputation in school, it was hard for him to find a teaching job. In 1901 Einstein became a citizen of Switzerland. In 1902 he worked as a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office. In 1903 he married a women named Mileva Maric, a classmate at the institute. They lived in Bern and had two sons, Hans Albert and Edward. In 1905 Einstein published a series of articles setting forth some of his ideas.

In these articles he made the equation E=MC. He also talked about the relationship between two physical properties, mass and energy. The University of Bern read the paper and liked it so they hired Albert a part time job there in 1908. In 1909 Albert Einstein became a professor in physics. Einstein became very close with the king and queen of Belgium and did many things with them. In 1905 Einstein published the first theory of relativity, the Special Theory of Relativity. In 1916 he published the General Theory of Relativity. This made Einstein come up with the idea of atomic energy. In 1911 Einstein moved to Prague. In 1912 Einstein accepted a high position at the Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland. In 1914 Albert divorced his wife and married his cousin Elsa Lowenthal and had two girls. By 1918 Einstein was famous around the world. In 1921 Albert won the Nobel Prize for physics. . In his book, A Manifesto to Europeans stating that the war was insane and was slowing scientific progress. When Germany was defeated he move back there and started following he Jewish religion. Then in 1933 Einstein's life shattered when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. He could not go back to Germany because Hitler hated Jews and pacifists. He was both. One of the job offers in the U.S.A that he got was at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He only asked for so little money that the institute insisted that they pay him three times as much.

President Roosevelt invited him to the White House. Einstein became an American citizen and never returned to Europe. The U.S government heard that the Germans were making an atomic bomb. So Einstein decided to help the U.S.A and make one for them first. Einstein insisted that it should not be used in violence but as a threat to the Germans. Military leaders did not agree with him. The United States dropped the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It ended World War Two but horrified Einstein. More than 92,000 people died or were missing. Others died later from the affects of radiation. Einstein felt responsible for this. People asked him questions about bombs. He just said to use them responsibly. He was getting old and started sailing again. He took a peaceful life after all the things he did. He started playing the violin again. Then Einstein died in his sleep on April 18, 1955. He was one of Switzerland's most famous people.