Albert Einstein

Overview

Albert Einstein

•  Born March 14, 1879, Ulm, Germany
• Died April 18, 1955, Princeton, NJ
• Won Nobel Prize in physics in 1921 

Pros

• Invented the Theory of Relativity
• The theory was made of two theories
• Special and General
• Sent warning letters to the president

Pros (Cont)

• Four total letters sent
• First two were warnings about germans
• Other two were plans to make atomic bomb

cons

• Sent Nuclear Energy information
• Made the atomic bomb
• Most destructive power to mankind
• "Greatest mistake of my life"-Einstein

Cons

• People thought Albert plagiarized his work
• Did not have "citations"
• Not having citations even for that time was odd
• Thus people called him a liar

Citations

• "Einstein-Szilárd Letter." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 03 Sept. 2014. Web. 18 Mar. 2014.
• "Albert Einstein'sLetters to PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt." Einstein's Letters to Roosevelt. Glenn Elert, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2014.
• "Theory of Relativity." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Feb. 2014. Web. 21 Feb. 2014.