Albert Einstein: The Scientist Behind Relativity Theory

Abstract

This world has seen many scientists who invented many theories and delivered ideas for further research. Albert Einstein is one of them who presented theory of relativity and other important scientific contributions. The role of Einstein in the field of mathematics and physics is very crucial and has great significance. This paper aims to investigate the life of Einstein and examine his research work.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Discussion5

Initial Life5

Professional Life5

Einstein's Research7

Conclusion9

References10

Albert Einstein: The Scientist Behind Relativity Theory

Introduction

Albert Einstein, who is generally famous for his theory of relativity, was born on March 14, 1879 in the city of Ulm, Germany. No one can deny the fact that Einstein has greatly contributed in the invention and development of different scientific theories (Lacayo, 2011). No doubt, the life of this renowned personality is also very interesting and has different variations. It is interesting to know that he started speaking with a significant delay that raised concern for his parents as they noticed their child is unable to speak in comparison of other children of his age (Wishinsky, 2005). However, Einstein started his school at his early age and went to a catholic elementary school and removed the fear of his parents who initially believed their child has some disabilities. After five years of his birth he moved to Italy because of heavy loss in his father's business.

In fact, Einstein gave major theories and concepts of mathematics that changed the way of doing calculations. His Special theory of relativity can be seen as first but outstanding contribution that identified the relation between two states of rest and motion (Lorents, 2012). In addition, Einstein continued on the aspect of relativity and presented general relativity theory that focuses on the motion of particles due to the force of gravitation. It would be fair to say that Einstein's theory of relativity san be seen as a better version of Newton's theory as it presents more accurate results for moving object with mass (Lorents, 2012).

Discussion

Initial Life

As far as his personal life is concerned, Einstein married Mileva Maric in 1903 who was his classmate. Einstein and Mileva have two sons and a daughter and this marriage lasted for 16 years (Wishinsky, 2005). This marriage was ended in 1919 after the World War when his wife decided to go back to Switzerland as the country was neutral in this war. During the same year, Einstein married Elsa Lowenthal who was also his cousin and a widow with two daughters (Isaacson, 2008). Further, Einstein always had interest in studying and researching on the Maxwell's electromagnetism, which was not introduced in the universities of his era. In other words, this can be seen as Einstein's first inspiration for research and studies.

No doubt, Albert Einstein was born in Germany but he spent his life in many countries as he moved to Italy first and then went to England to receive diploma in 1901 (Isaacson, 2008). He then moved back to Germany in 1914 and started his ...