Rigorous scientific discoveries do not prevent us from perceiving geniuses as ordinary people. Albert Einstein's life was as mundane as full of fantasy.
Biography
The future genius was born on March 14, 1879 in a small town in Germany - Ulm. His father was a small business owner, and his mother was the daughter of a successful corn merchant. She did not work, but only was engaged in housekeeping. Later, in 1880, the family moved to Munich and there Albert was sent to a Catholic school. He studied poorly, constantly came into conflict with teachers. Mother even thought that Einstein had developmental problems. This assumption was put forward because of the disproportionately large head.
Albert practically did not communicate with peers and preferred loneliness. Since childhood, he loved to play with his uncle Jacob. They solved various problems in physics and geometry, and it was then that Einstein developed a love for the exact sciences. The mother did not approve of his hobbies, believing that a little boy should not study the exact sciences, and that this would not lead to anything good. But Einstein was not going to give up what he loved. Albert had a negative attitude towards war and believed in the existence of God. Albert did not receive a certificate of education at school, but promised his parents that he would independently enter the polytechnic university in Zurich. He prepared on his own, but failed the first time. Then I tried it again and it worked. Albert received the profession of a teacher of physics and mathematics.
In 1901, the scientist received a diploma, as well as Swiss citizenship. He voluntarily renounced German citizenship immediately after leaving school. For a very long time, Einstein looked for a job, but in the end he found a job as an assistant in a Swiss patent house. He did not work for long, quickly completed the tasks assigned to him, and then engaged in scientific activities.
Career
Due to conflicts with teachers, Einstein's scientific career was closed, despite the fact that he passed all exams well. Einstein worked diligently at the scientific department and it was said about him that he was a nice fellow, but he did not tolerate criticism at all. Albert had hard times of lack of money, but here his friends came to the rescue.
Later he began to publish his scientific articles in journals and in some places was successful. For example, in 1905, Einstein published several of his scientific articles on physics.
This was followed by the discovery of the theory of relativity. This produced a colossal resonance in society, because this dogma completely contradicted the well-established concepts of the vision of the world.
Einstein's theory of relativity is now not fully interpreted, but only parts of it. It consists in the fact that the greater the speed of an object, the greater the distortion of its mass and time. You can travel in time if you overcome the speed of light. Schools consider this theory from a slightly different point of view. It says that any body cannot acquire a speed greater than the speed of light. Albert was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize, but received it only for the theory of the photoelectric effect. Scientists did not want to reward Einstein because not everyone agreed with Albert's new view of exact science. But later, the committee decided to compromise and present the award for a not so resonant discovery as the theory of relativity, for which the scientist was preparing a speech.
Personal life
The scientist's personal life is replete with interesting facts. Like all geniuses, it was not easy, but quite interesting.
Einstein was an absent-minded person, did not wear socks and forgot about simple household duties. The first marriage took place during the years of study at a polytechnic university. The chosen one was named Mileva Mavich. The girl was 3 years older than the scientist, and they worked together on the gravitational theory. The mother was fundamentally against this marriage, but Einstein cared little. After 11 years of married life, the couple broke up. Perhaps the reason was Albert's betrayal, and perhaps the spouse could no longer stand life under the contract.
At the conclusion of this marriage, Einstein put forward certain conditions to which Mileva had to agree. Among these points were the consent at the first request to leave the husband alone, always help in scientific calculations, and also not to hope for the manifestation of any kindness or attention. It happened that the spouses even slept in different beds. From this marriage, the scientist left 2 sons, but one of them ended his life in a psychiatric hospital, and with the second, Albert did not work out.
Albert's next marriage was with his cousin Elsa Leventhal. In addition to his official wives, Einstein had many mistresses. The first is Betty Neumann. She was the scientist's secretary, and he met her 3 months after his marriage to Elsa. Having fallen madly in love with a girl who was 20 years younger than him, Einstein did not leave his wife. He said that no woman would force him to do it. The scientist even offered Betty to live in three, but she refused.
Then there was Tony Mendel, again many years younger than Albert. With her, he felt calm and peaceful. I could imagine myself young again. Together they sailed, walked, played the violin. But the idyll ended when Elsa found out about everything and forced Einstein to leave Tony.
Einstein considered death a relief. In 1955, the scientist was diagnosed with aortic aneurysms, and on April 18 of the same year, the scientist died of hemorrhage.
