Einstein
Letter written by Albert Einstein on the left, with the help of Leo Szilard, to President Franklin Roosevelt on August 2, 1939, warning Roosevelt of the dangers posed by nuclear energy

Here's a time line of Prof. Albert Einstein's life:

  • March 14, 1879: Born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
  • 1884: Moves to Munich, Bavaria
  • 1885: Begins education at a Catholic elementary school
  • 1891: Enters the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich
  • 1894: Moves to Switzerland to attend the Swiss Federal Polytechnic University
  • 1896: Begins studying physics at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic University
  • 1900: Graduates with a degree in physics
  • 1902: Completes his Ph.D. thesis on the photoelectric effect
  • 1902-1909: Works as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland
  • 1905: Annus Mirabilis (Miracle Year) - publishes four groundbreaking papers
  • 1908: Becomes a lecturer at the University of Bern
  • 1911: Becomes a professor at the University of Prague
  • 1914: Returns to Germany as a professor at the University of Berlin
  • 1915: Develops the General Theory of Relativity
  • 1920s-1950s: Works on the Unified Field Theory
  • 1905: Special Theory of Relativity (Introduced the famous equation E=mc²)
  • 1905: Photoelectric Effect Explanation (Showed that light can behave as particles (photons))
  • 1905: Brownian Motion Explanation (Provided strong evidence for the existence of atoms and molecules)
  • 1915: General Theory of Relativity (Revolutionized our understanding of gravity and spacetime)
  • 1916: Gravitational Waves Prediction (Proposed the existence of ripples in spacetime)
  • 1917: Cosmology and the Expanding Universe (Introduced the concept of an expanding universe)
  • 1920-1950: Unified Field Theory (Attempted to unify fundamental forces (gravity, electromagnetism, strong and weak nuclear forces))
  • 1924: Bose-Einstein Statistics (Described the behavior of bosons (particles with integer spin))
  • 1935: EPR Paradox (Challenged the principles of quantum mechanics)
  • 1921: Nobel Prize in Physics (Awarded for his explanation of the photoelectric effect)
  • 1903: Marries Mileva Marić
  • 1904: Has first son, Hans Albert Einstein
  • 1910: Has second son, Eduard Einstein
  • 1919: Divorces Mileva Marić
  • 1919: Marries Elsa Löwenthal
  • 1933: Emigrates to the United States due to Nazi threat
  • 1933-1955: Works at Princeton University
  • 1940: Becomes a U.S. citizen
  • April 18, 1955: Passes away in Princeton, New Jersey

"Einstein was a giant, and his name will live in human memory for centuries to come."

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

If you have time, you should read more about this incredible human being on his Britannica entry.