Albert Einsteins

Albert EinsteinContributions to the Atom

Simran A.Steph U. Einsteins BeginningsBorn on March 14, 1879, in Wrttemberg, GermanyHe received his diploma in 1901 from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in ZurichHe accepted a position in the Swiss Patent Office as a technical assistant.Married Mileva Maric in 1903, 2 sons and 1 daughterAfter divorce, he married his cousin, Elsa. Acquired his doctors degree in 1905Professor at Zurich, Prague, Munich, and Berlin (1909-14)

Contributions to the AtomMax Planck believed that energy could act like particles called quantaEinstein confirmed this with his explanation of photoelectric effect, (After absorbing energy from radiation, electrons are emitted from matter)Einstein suggested that light was made up of tiny packets of energy, as opposed to wavesFor the work on the photoelectric effect, Einstein was awarded a Noble Prize for physics Quantum TheoryOther Contributions to the Atom

Einstein believed that every atom could be used as energy, a lot of energy. This created his famous equation E=MC. Energy=Mass and Speed of lightEinstein determined atoms could exist in a gas, liquid, or solid stateEinstein also realized near absolute zero, freezing a group of atoms, would result in a loss of their properties and produce instead a super-atom

Einstein also published a papers on thermodynamics and the theory of relativity.

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