| Name |
Albert Einstein |
| Born |
March 14, 1879(1879-03-14)
Ulm, Württemberg, Germany |
| Died |
April 18, 1955 (aged 76)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality |
German (1879–96, 1914–33)
Swiss (1901–55)
American (1940–55) |
| Field |
Physicist |
| Institutions |
Swiss Patent Office (Berne)
Univ. of Zurich
Charles Univ.
Prussian Acad. of Sciences
Kaiser Wilhelm Inst.
Univ. of Leiden
Inst. for Advanced Study |
| Known for |
General relativity
Special relativity
Brownian motion
Photoelectric effect
Mass-energy equivalence
Einstein field equations
Unified Field Theory
Bose–Einstein statistics
EPR paradox |
| Notable awards |
Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
Copley Medal (1925)
Max Planck Medal (1929) |
