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Einstein's Life Up To 1905
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on April 28, 2015 (go to class or lectures)


Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
attractive, Patent, enjoyed, Swiss, short, teach, Lieserl, encouragement, graduated, Ostwald, girlfriends, bankrupt, German, electrical, Munich, behind, Bern, family, Polytechnic, hierarchical, 1879, Serbian, 1666, gravity, Italy, antagonized, woman, medicine, two, teachers, London, electro, failed, Maxwell, father, plague, optimistic, five, farm, insurance, job, Professor, German, Weber, calculus, stateless, Prussian, limp, pregnant, citizenship, French, authoritarian, expanding, notes, 1905, Mileva
"annus mirabilis"
phrase originally referred to
the year for Isaac Newton
in at university
outbreak of
retreated to family to get away from plague where he
1. laid his foundations for the theory of
2. came up with his theory of
because of these astounding discoveries by someone in his 20s, 1666 was called his "miracle year"
Einstein at a similar year in
pathway up to 1905
born in
youth in
father and uncle started an business
electrical lighting
went to school in the school system
very rigid and
militaristic slant
Einstein rebelled against this very strongly
he had an anti- streak in him
at 16, renounced his Germany
his father let him do this
for several years he was
eventually became a citizen but that took several years
later became a citizen again, when he became famous and Germany wanted to claim him
applied to Swiss Federal in Zurich
applied a year early, first time
did well in science and math
was one of his weak areas
Professor
told him to come back in a year
one of the two primary physics professors at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic
Einstein his lectures early on
later felt Weber was the times
e.g. didn't include 's equations
Einstein didn't address him as "Herr Weber" but "Herr Weber"
Weber said he was a smart person but no one can you anything
met Marić
physicist
only in Einstein's physics class
although many women in Europe went to Zurich since in many countries they were not allowed to go to study at a university
originally she was going to study
they were essentially studying to be high school physics
not professors
but there was a burgeoning -technic industry
so needed high school physics teachers to train future workers
1900
grades were decent but tailed off at end
relied on friends' to pass exams
Mileva actually did not pass
applied for jobs
married Mileva
caused family and career tensions
Einstein's did not care for Mileva
she was Serbian
very
not conventionally
defect in her hip, walked with a
Einstein's mother had another favorite among his earlier
Einstein had impertinent tendencies
Einstein wanted to get a position as a professor's assistant
but he had Weber
Weber had given him a bad reputation to his colleagues
a poignant letter from Einstein's to a Professor Ostwald at Leipzig
my son feels profoundly unhappy with his lack of position
read his paper and write to him a few words of
1894 Einstein's father went
weighed on Einstein, father was more
no record of a response from professor
nine years later, this Professor was first to elect Einstein for a Nobel prize
1901 Einstein and Mileva romantic time in
Mileva became
more anxiety for the young couple
Einstein considered to go into just to make money
Marcel Grossmann
actually went to lecture and took notes that Einstein didn't
Einstein was often in the laboratories
his father knew the head of the Swiss Office
electromagnetic industry
an analogy with the computer industry in our time
patent office was in this area
Einstein wasn't perfectly qualified for it
1902 got at Swiss Patent Office
was able to continue to do some physics
was in the city of
he and a couple of his friends put together the Olympia Academy
would read and discuss books intently
physics, philosophy, literature
published a few papers
but was essentially out of academics
daughter was born
we don't know what happened to her
she was discovered only in the 1980s
not known during Einstein's lifetime
might have died at age from Scarlet Fever
affected Mileva profoundly
Mileva joined Albert in Bern
1905 year he began famous
published papers
Spelling Corrections:
refered ⇒ referred
rebeled ⇒ rebelled
Ideas and Concepts:
From the famous intellectual salon department via tonight's Understanding Einstein course: "In 1901, before Einstein was able to land a secure job as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland, he put an ad in the newspaper offering his tutoring services in mathematics and physics. Two men by the name of Conrad Habicht and Maurice Solovine answered his ad, and while neither tutorials nor payment ever materialized, the three began to meet regularly to discuss their shared interest in physics and philosophy, and in 1902 named themselves the Akademie Olympia. The three discussed their own work and read other works such as Karl Pearson's The Grammar of Science, Ernst Mach's Analyse der Empfindungen, Henri Poincaré's Wissenschaft und Hypothese, John Stuart Mill's A System of Logic, David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, Baruch Spinoza's Ethics, and literary works such as Cervantes' Don Quixote. Despite the brief existence of the Academy, it had a lasting effect on the three friends, and they remained in touch throughout their lives."
