Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. As a child, he was very interested in science, in particular, maths and physics. After university, Einstein took a job as an office clerk. While he worked there, he developed his theories of special and general relativity. It was published in 1905 and he was soon offered important university positions.
In 1921, Einstein became world famous because he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1932, he moved to America where he worked in universities and eventually became an American citizen. He continued his work and died on 18th April, 1955, at the age of 76.
Despite changing the way we see the world, Albert Einstein was a very modest man. Talking about himself, he once said, “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
When he was young, he failed a university entrance exam because his mark wasn’t high enough. He didn’t fail the maths or physics sections, though. In fact, his marks in those sections were excellent, but he didn’t do well at French, chemistry and biology. It seems that not even geniuses are perfect.