ALBERT EINSTEIN

Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. He learned

slowly, and he didn't start to talk until he was three years old.
When other children played, he sat by himself. His parents
thought he was retarded.
In school, he was quiet. When his teachers called on him, he
remained silent. His teachers thought he was a slow learner.
When Einstein was eleven, a young medical student came to
eat at his home twice a week. He brought young Albert books
and they studied together. One book, Force and Matter,
introduced him to the basic forces of the universe.
After he finished high school, Einstein studied mathematics
and physics at the Swiss Polytechnic Institute. In 1905, when
he was only twenty-six years old, he developed his theory of
relativity.
In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States and
England, the Nazis took his property, removed him from his
job as professor, and took away his citizenship. He came to
live in the United States and to work at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He lived and
worked there until his death in 1955.