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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


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