Books Written by Albert Einstein -
1906 - A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions
1916 - Foundations of the General Theory of Relativity
1917 - On the Special and General Theory of Relativity (A Popular Account)
1918 - On the Special and General Theory of Relativity (A Popular Account) 3rd Edition
1920 - On the Special and General Theory of Relativity (A Popular Account) 10th Edition
1920 - Aether and Relativity Theory: A Talk Given on 5 May 1920 at the University of Leiden
1921 - Geometry and Experience: Expanded Edition of the Celebratory Lecture Given at the Prussian Academy
1922 - Four Lectures on Relativity Theory, Given in May 1921 at Princeton University
1922 - Investigations of Brownian Motion
1923 - Fundamental Ideas and Problems of Relativity Theory
1933 - On the Method of Theoretical Physics
1933 - Origins of the General Theory of Relativity
1933 - Foundations of the General Theory of Relativity
1938 - The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta
1938 - Physics as an Adventure of the Mind
1945 - The Meaning of Relativity
Albert Einstein - Quick facts
Einstein was born in Ulm, Wurttemberg in Germany in 1879.
Einstein had speech difficulties as a child.
At 5 years of age when sick in bed Einstein was shown as compass by his father which sparked an early interest in science.
At the age of 17 Einstein failed his university entrance exam.
Einstein was a ladies man (after splitting from his 1st wife he married his cousin).
Thomas Stoltz Harvey (Princeton Hospital pathologist) conducted the autopsy on Einstein and took his brain home and kept it in a jar against the family wishes.
Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Isreal (1952).
Einsteinium an element discovered in 1952 was named after him.
The famous 'Einstein tongue-out' picture was taken on his 72nd birthday by press photographer Arthur Sasse.
Einstein had Asperger Syndrome but wasn't diagnosed until it was discovered by Dr Hans Asperger in the late 1940s.
When he left Germany in 1933, the Nazis put a price of 20,000 marks on his head.
Einstein cared little for money. He once used a $1500.00 check as a bookmark and then lost the book.
Became a US citizen in 1940, but retained his Swiss citizenship.
He was pictured on the 8¢ US postage stamp in the original issue of the Prominent Americans series, issued 14 March 1966.
E=mc2 is Einstein's most famous equation, and it establishes a correlation between mass and energy (c is the speed of light) for the first time -- later practically exemplified in the splitting of the atom and the inauguration of the exploration of atomic (nuclear) energy.
