Albert Einstein : genius of the twentieth century

Albert Einstein : genius of the twentieth century / Allison Lassieur.

Author/creator	Lassieur, Allison
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : F. Watts, ©2005.
Description	127 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955--Juvenile literature. Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Physicists--Biography --Juvenile literature.

Series	Great life stories Great life stories. ^A628460
Contents	Early years -- School years -- Einstein struggles for a career -- The patent office -- 1905: the miracle year -- New challenges -- The greatest feat of human thinking -- Experiments support Einstein's theories -- Einstein faces international fame -- War in Germany, asylum in the United States -- Einstein at Princeton -- Later years.
Abstract	Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, Albert Einstein altered the way we view the physical world with his scientific theories. He wasn't the best student in school. He preferred to learn about subjects that interested him, such as mathematics and science. When he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in 1900, Einstein struggled to find a job. He ended up working for the patent office in Bern, Switzerland. During this time, he wrote several theories, including the theory of relativity. His theories made him an important international figure and he traveled extensively to give lectures on his ideas. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921 for his work. In 1933, Einstein moved to the United States to work at Princeton University and avoid persecution by the Nazis in Germany for speaking out against the government. He died in 1955, leaving our understanding of gravity, energy, matter, light, and time forever changed.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119) and index.
LCCN	2004014313
ISBN	0531124010
ISBN	9780531124017