Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six
weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold
Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland
and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a
teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss
citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical
assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he obtained his doctor's degree.

During his stay at the Patent Office, and in his spare time, he produced much of his
remarkable work and in 1908 he was appointed Privatdozent in Berne. In 1909 he became
Professor Extraordinary at Zurich, in 1911 Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague, returning
to Zurich in the following year to fill a similar post. In 1914 he was appointed Director of the
Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute and Professor in the University of Berlin. He became a
German citizen in 1914 and remained in Berlin until 1933 when he renounced his citizenship for
political reasons and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical
Physics at Princeton*. He became a United States citizen in 1940 and retired from his post in
1945.

After World War II, Einstein was a leading figure in the World Government Movement,
he was offered the Presidency of the State of Israel, which he declined, and he collaborated
with Dr. Chaim Weizmann in establishing the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Einstein always appeared to have a clear view of the problems of physics and the
determination to solve them. He had a strategy of his own and was able to visualize the main
stages on the way to his goal. He regarded his major achievements as mere stepping-stones for
the next advance.

At the start of his scientific work, Einstein realized the inadequacies of Newtonian
mechanics and his special theory of relativity stemmed from an attempt to reconcile the laws of
mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field. He dealt with classical problems of
statistical mechanics and problems in which they were merged with quantum theory: this led to
an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules. He investigated the thermal properties
of light with a low radiation density and his observations laid the foundation of the photon
theory of light.

In his early days in Berlin, Einstein postulated that the correct interpretation of the
special theory of relativity must also furnish a theory of gravitation and in 1916 he published his
paper on the general theory of relativity. During this time he also contributed to the problems
of the theory of radiation and statistical mechanics.

In the 1920's, Einstein embarked on the construction of unified field theories, although
he continued to work on the probabilistic interpretation of quantum theory, and he persevered
with this work in America. He contributed to statistical mechanics by his development of the
quantum theory of a monatomic gas and he has also accomplished valuable work in connection
with atomic transition probabilities and relativistic cosmology.

After his retirement he continued to work towards the unification of the basic concepts
of physics, taking the opposite approach, geometrisation, to the majority of physicists.

Einstein's researches are, of course, well chronicled and his more important works
include Special Theory of Relativity (1905), Relativity (English translations, 1920 and 1950),
General Theory of Relativity (1916), Investigations on Theory of Brownian Movement (1926), and
The Evolution of Physics (1938). Among his non-scientific works, About Zionism (1930), Why
War? (1933), My Philosophy (1934), and Out of My Later Years (1950) are perhaps the most
important.

Albert Einstein received honorary doctorate degrees in science, medicine and philosophy
from many European and American universities. During the 1920's he lectured in Europe,
America and the Far East, and he was awarded Fellowships or Memberships of all the leading
scientific academies throughout the world. He gained numerous awards in recognition of his
work, including the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1925, and the Franklin Medal
of the Franklin Institute in 1935.

Einstein's gifts inevitably resulted in his dwelling much in intellectual solitude and, for
relaxation, music played an important part in his life. He married Mileva Maric in 1903 and they
had a daughter and two sons; their marriage was dissolved in 1919 and in the same year he
married his cousin, Elsa Löwenthal, who died in 1936. He died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton,
New Jersey.
 Our Vacation

Annas: Where did you go during the vacation?

Fawwaz: I went to Malang in East Java.

Annas: How did you get there?

Fawwaz: I took an airplane to Surabaya and used travel to get there.

Annas: What did you do in Malang?

Fawwaz: I visited the JATIM PARK. I also spent time with family.

Annas: How was it?

Fawwaz: It was a wonderful holiday.

Yesterday, the members of class 8-8 went to the beach because they
wanted to spend their holiday happily. They saw people with different job. They
found some fisherman, some sellers and a few diving instructors. The fisherman
caught fish, the sellers sold food, drinks, and souvenir, and the diving was
taught some people how to dive in the sea
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Last holiday, Mr. And Mrs. Hasan and their baby were having a picnic.
They brought a piece of cloth to sit on. They also took a cake and some fruits.
They put the fruits and cake in the basket. They didn’t forget to bring a box of
biscuits.

Mrs. Hasan was going to feed her baby a bottle of milk, and Mr. Hasan
was frying some fish over a stove