German-born American physicist
| March 14, 1879 |
| April 18, 1955 |
| Ulm, Germany |
| Proposing the theory of relativity, a physical theory of gravity, space, and time |
| Explaining the photoelectric effect and Brownian motion |
| 1905 Published papers on special relativity, Brownian motion, and the photoelectric effect |
| 1909-1911 Taught physics at the University of Zürich |
| 1911-1912 Taught physics at the German-speaking university in Prague |
| 1912-1914 Returned to teach at the University of Zürich |
| 1914 Became a professor at the University of Berlin and director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics |
| 1916 Published a paper on general relativity, extending his earlier theory of special relativity |
| 1919 A solar eclipse confirmed Einstein's prediction that starlight bends in the vicinity of a massive body such as the sun. |
| 1921 Won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the photoelectric effect |
| 1933 Began teaching at Princeton University |
| 1939 Pointed out, in a letter to President Roosevelt, the possibility that an extremely powerful bomb might be constructed using atomic chain reactions in uranium, and suggested that the Germans might be working on such a bomb |
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