Albert Einstein

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Nobel laureate human physicist scientist theoretical physicist

Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity and fundamentally reshaping modern physics.

Aliases (3)

Einstein ×2
Albert Einstein (historically) ×1
Albert Lawrence Einstein ×1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → human → physicist → scientist → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Max Planck Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics →
birthName	Albert Einstein →
burialPlace	ashes scattered (location undisclosed) →
causeOfDeath	abdominal aortic aneurysm →
child	Eduard Einstein → Hans Albert Einstein → Lieserl Einstein →
citizenship	German Empire → Kingdom of Württemberg → Switzerland → United States of America → Weimar Republic →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1879-03-14 →
dateOfDeath	1955-04-18 →
educatedAt	ETH Zurich → Luitpold Gymnasium →
employer	Charles University in Prague → ETH Zurich → Humboldt University of Berlin → Institute for Advanced Study → Prussian Academy of Sciences → Swiss Patent Office in Bern → University of Zurich →
ethnicGroup	Jewish people →
familyName	Einstein →
fieldOfWork	physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Albert →
influenced	cosmology → modern physics → quantum theory →
influencedBy	Hermann Minkowski → Isaac Newton → James Clerk Maxwell →
knownFor	Bose–Einstein statistics → Brownian motion → E = mc² → Einstein coefficients → Einstein field equations → Einstein solid → general relativity → mass–energy equivalence → photoelectric effect → special relativity → stimulated emission → theory of relativity →
languageSpoken	English → French → German →
movement	Zionism → pacifism →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsMotivation	discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1921 →
notableWork	Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content? → On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light → On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat →
placeOfBirth	Ulm →
placeOfDeath	Princeton →
positionHeld	professor of theoretical physics →
religion	Jewish →
residence	Berlin → Bern → Princeton →
signatureImage	Albert_Einstein_signature →
spouse	Elsa Einstein → Mileva Marić →

Referenced by (190)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Friedmann → Arthur Geoffrey Walker → Arthur Stanley Eddington → Conjectures and Refutations → Erich Kretschmann → Erwin Schrödinger → Georges Lemaître → Gunnar Nordström → Hartland Snyder → J. Robert Oppenheimer → Jean Perrin → Karl Popper → Karl Popper → Karl Schwarzschild → Kip Thorne → Max von Laue → Meghnad Saha → Niels Bohr → Percy W. Bridgman → Philipp Frank → Satyendra Nath Bose → Theodor Kaluza → Vienna Circle → Willem de Sitter → Wolfgang Pauli → Yakir Aharonov → falsificationism →	influencedBy
Arthur Schopenhauer → Baruch Spinoza → Bernhard Riemann → Ernst Mach → Ernst Mach → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata → Friedrich Bernhard Riemann → Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro → Hendrik Lorentz → Henri Poincaré → Hermann Minkowski → Hermann Minkowski → Hippolyte Fizeau → Isaac Newton → James Clerk Maxwell → Ludwig Boltzmann → Mach principle → Marian Smoluchowski → Max Planck → Michelson–Morley experiment → The Science of Mechanics → Tullio Levi-Civita →	influenced
Albert Einstein Award → Albert Einstein Medal → Albert Einstein World Science Award → Bose–Einstein condensate → Bose–Einstein statistics → Einstein coefficients → Einstein–Rosen bridge → Einstein–Smoluchowski relation → Stokes–Einstein relation → einsteinium →	namedAfter
Bernhard Caesar Einstein → Eduard Einstein → Fanny Koch → Hans Albert Einstein → Hermann Einstein → Lieserl Einstein → Miloš Marić → Rudolf Einstein →	notableRelative
Albert Einstein's 1935 obituary letter → Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie → Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content? → Einstein's annus mirabilis papers → On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light → On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies → On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat →	author
Eduard Einstein → Eduard Einstein → Hans Albert Einstein → Hans Albert Einstein → Lieserl Einstein →	father
Elsa Einstein → Elsa Löwenthal → Elsa’s sister Paula → Fanny Koch → Rudolf Einstein →	relative
Elsa Einstein → Elsa Einstein → Elsa Löwenthal → Mileva Marić → Mileva Marić →	spouse
Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics → Newtonian absolute space → Newtonian absolute time → On the Curvature of Space →	criticizedBy
Einstein coefficients → Einstein field equations → Einstein synchronization convention → Einstein tensor →	introducedBy
Bertrand Russell → Leopold Infeld → Russell–Einstein Manifesto →	coAuthor
general relativity → relativity of simultaneity → special relativity →	formulatedBy
ETH Zurich → Humboldt University of Berlin → Leiden University →	hasNotableAlumni
Helmholtz Medal → Matteucci Medal → Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Einstein family → Prussian Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →	notableMember
Copley Medal → Franklin Medal → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society →	notableRecipient
Hermann Minkowski → Hermann Minkowski → Luitpold Gymnasium →	notableStudent
Albert Brooks ("Albert Lawrence Einstein") → Albert Einstein →	birthName
Satyendra Nath Bose → Satyendra Nath Bose →	coNamedWith
Albert Einstein ("Einstein") → Lieserl Einstein ("Einstein") →	familyName
ETH Zurich → University of Zurich →	hasNotableFaculty
American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society →	hasNotableMember
Eduard Einstein → Miloš Marić (civil servant) →	hasRelative
On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light →	annusMirabilisPaperOf
hypothesis of the primeval atom →	associatedPerson
Luitpold Gymnasium →	attendedBy
Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie →	basedOnTheoryOf
Hermann Einstein →	child
Leo Szilard →	coInventedWith
Alfred Loomis →	collaboratedWith
Satyendra Nath Bose →	correspondedWith
Elsa Löwenthal →	cousin
Elsa Einstein →	cousinOf
Mach principle →	debatedBy
Emmy Noether →	describedBy
Physics →	developedBy
theory of relativity →	developer
Swiss Patent Office in Bern →	employed
School of Mathematics →	employerOf
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs →	founder
Bernhard Caesar Einstein →	grandfather
Fanny Koch →	grandmotherOf
ETH Zurich →	hasAlumni
Einstein's elevator →	hasAuthor
Picasso at the Lapin Agile →	hasCharacterBasedOn
Frieda Knecht →	hasFatherInLaw
Hermann von Helmholtz →	hasInfluenced
Einstein family →	hasMember
University of Zurich →	hasNotableAlumnus
Scientific American →	hasNotableContributor
New Jersey Hall of Fame →	hasNotableInductee
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts →	hasNotableRecipient
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ("Albert Einstein (historically)") →	hasNotableResident
Germany →	hasNotableScientist
Leiden University →	hasNotableStaff
Miloš Marić →	hasRelativeByMarriage
Bose–Einstein statistics →	historicallyExtendedBy
Tuxedo Park private laboratory →	hostedScientist
Ulm →	isBirthplaceOf
Albert →	isGivenNameOf
Picasso at the Lapin Agile →	mainCharacter
Bohr–Einstein debates →	mainParticipants
Elsa Löwenthal →	managedPersonalAffairsOf
Elsa Löwenthal →	managedSocialAffairsOf
Elsa Löwenthal →	marriagePartner
École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich →	notableAlumni
Princeton University Press →	notableAuthorPublished
Swiss Patent Office in Bern →	notableEmployee
Nobel Prize laureates →	notableExample
Nobel Prize in Physics →	notableLaureate
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters →	notablePersonFeatured
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar
Bose–Einstein condensate →	predictedBy
equivalence principle →	proposedBy
Über das Gravitationsfeld eines Massenpunktes nach der Einsteinschen Theorie →	relatedToWorkOf
Frieda Knecht →	relativeByMarriage
Genius (TV series) →	season1Subject
Russell–Einstein Manifesto →	signatory
Russell–Einstein Manifesto →	signedBeforeDeathOf
Einstein–Szilard letter →	signedBy
Mileva Marić →	spouseOf
Genius (TV series) →	subject
Brownian motion →	theoreticalExplanationBy