Albert Einstein
This brilliant physicist worked to crack open the mysteries of the universe. Check out the time line below to learn about the life of this legend.
1879
Albert Einstein is born in Ulm, Germany. As a child, the prodigy enjoys solving math riddles and building skyscrapers out of playing cards. Some of his card creations are 14 mini-stories tall!
1895
Sixteen-year-old Einstein writes his first scholarly paper on the force of magnetism. Bet that pulled in a lot of readers. Ha-ha. Get it?
1905
Living in Switzerland, the physicist figures out that matter—the tiny particles that form objects—can be turned into energy, and vice versa. He also comes up with the famous formula E=mc2, which calculates the energy produced by converting a given amount of matter. He’s now a star!
1915
Einstein wows the world by publishing his theory of relativity. The theory explains gravity—basically ginormous objects such as planets bend the space around them as they travel or pulsate. These curves in space then produce a gravitational pull toward the planet.
1922
Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in physics—an award for major scientific accomplishments.
1933
The science genius continues his research at Princeton University in New Jersey, and his life’s work helps completely change people’s understanding of the universe. The contributions of this brainy guy are mind-blowing.