Who Was Albert Einstein questions
How many Jewish people were killed?
six million
What is relativity?
speed of an object depends on how it is viewed
Why was it dangerous for Albert to stay in Germany?
they hated Jews, intellectuals and pacifists; Albert was all three
Why was Albert expelled from school?
asked teachers questions they didn't know
What was Albert punished for in high school?
asking too many questions
What did Albert want done with his brain?
donate it to science
What country does Albert have a national holiday?
Japan
Where were the cameras set up in 1919?
South America and the island coast of West Africa
What did Albert take on trips?
violin and suitcase
Who invited Albert to the White House?
President Warren G. Harding
Where is the best place to photograph stars during an eclipse?
Russia
What do some critics say about Albert's first wife, Mileva?
may have contributed to his great theories
What calmed Albert?
music
What was one way that World War I affected Albert?
not get pics of eclipse which he had waited four years
Who was Albert's second wife?
his cousin, Elsa
Why did Albert want the United States to come up with an atomic bomb when he hated war?
wanted to do it before the Europeans
When was Albert said to have done his best scientific thinking?
when he was married to Mileva
Who was Mileva Maric?
wife
When did Albert die?
April 18, 1955
What was present-day Israel?
Palestine - 1900s
What was announced on November 7, 1919?
Albert was right; light does bend
What fascinated Albert?
electricity
What did Albert call his teachers?
sergeants
How did Albert afford to stay in school?
studied in a dark room, barely ate and no new clothes
Why did it drive Albert "nuts" when people asked about relativity?
theory took him 15 years to develop
What are magnets?
they have north and south poles; opposites attract
When was Albert Einstein born?
March 14, 1879
Why did Albert's job at the patent office turn out better than expected?
able to complete his work and still have time to think on his own
What did Albert ask the President of the United States in his letter?
atomic bomb be developed right away
What mistake did Albert feel he made?
atomic bomb letter Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What happened to Albert in 1940 at the age of 61?
became a United States citizen
What did Albert do while he was in Switzerland?
became a citizen
Why was Albert sent to Catholic School when they were Jewish?
best school available
Why did Hitler have a death warrant out for Albert?
claimed he was a spy
What did his work help to create?
creation of the most destructive bomb ever
What did Albert never do?
drive a car
What was the most important thing to him in life?
freedom to think and explore his own ideas
How did Albert's appearance affect his career?
gave him personality and made him more popular
Why were Albert's parents worried?
he did not talk until he was 3 or 4 years old
What did Albert think was more important than knowledge?
imagination
What did Albert do in 1913?
left his wife and two children for a teaching job in Germany
What are the three ways objects are measured?
length, width, depth and dimensions
What is a patent?
license for the idea of an invention that cannot be copied
Why could he not afford to marry Mileva?
no job
What job was better than Albert expected?
patent office
What never grows old?
photographs
What did Albert want to be?
physics professor
What happened to Albert in school?
poor and got kicked out
What was not permitted at school?
questions
What was discovered about Albert's brain years after he died?
weighed less and wider than average brain
When was Albert's first scientific paper published?
when he was a teenager
Why did Albert's parents think something was wrong with him when he was young?
he was quiet and shy
What did the principal say about Albert?
he would never be successful
Who was the leader of the Nazi's?
Adolf Hitler
What is the famous formula that Albert developed?
E=MC2; energy mass; C=speed of light; everything has energy
Who did Albert leave his scientific papers to?
Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Who did the Nazi's blame for Germany's problems?
Jews
What happened in 1948?
Israel-Jewish nation created
Who was the boy that Albert viewed as an older brother?
Max Talmey
What happened to Albert at age 15?
Max moved to America
What happened in 1922?
Nobel prize for the photoelectric effect led to the invention of television
What new high school did Albert attend?
Switzerland; spoke German
Where was Albert Einstein born?
Ulm, Germany
What happened in August of 1945?
United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki; end World War II
What happened in 1909?
University of Zurich convinced Albert to leave patent office to be physics professor
What happened in 1914?
World War I started
