Thursday, September 11, 2008

Do yOu KnoW



--Einstein could not find a job in physics upon graduating from college, and became a technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. He worked on theoretical physics in his spare time.

Einstein did not receive a Nobel Prize for his theory of relativity.

--Einstein immediately left Germany for the United States following Hitler's rise to power.

--Einstein spent much of his later career searching for a unified field theory, but was unsuccessful.

Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders.

--The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honor of Albert Einstein.

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