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| Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein For my book report I chose a book on Albert Einstein. Albert is the world's genius of genius's. The reason I chose this book was because I was interested in him and his life. I wanted to know what his childhood was like growing up. Even more I wanted to get into his mind. In my report you won't here about most of his theories. You will learn about his life, his happy times and, times that brought much grief. In 1876 a young businessman, named Hermann Einstein married Pauline Koch. Not but three years later Pauline gave birth to a baby boy. They named him Albert; little did they know their son would become a genius. Albert's father, Hermann was a small businessman with an easygoing attitude towards life. No matter how bad things got he always felt, "Something would turn up." Incurably optimistic, he would go from one business failure to another without changing his happy go lucky philosophy. Unfortunate Hermann's easygoing attitude did not make for success. In 1880 the family moved to Munich, moves would become an old story while Albert was growing up. One year after they moved the Einstein family got another bundle of joy. This time it was a girl, they named her Maria ("Maja"). The Einstein's family was complete and Hermann and Pauline were happy. But soon they began to worry about their son's progress. He seemed much slower at learning the other children did. No body saw any signs of a future genius in Albert. Even when Albert was nine, his speech was not fluent. His parents feared for a time that he was retarded. When Albert was four or five and sick in bed, his father brought him a gift. The gift was a magnetic compass, and with that Albert started thinking about magnetic fields and empty space, thoughts that stayed with him for many years. Albert's first school was a Catholic elementary school close to home. Although Albert's family was Jewish, it was convenient and much cheaper than sending him to an expensive Jewish school. Albert was a rebellious, stubborn student in both elementary and high school. He hated the strict discipline and the learning by memorization and the teacher's unwillingness to consider new ideas. Albert wanted to be left alone to do his own thinking. He called his elementary school teachers, "sergeants" and his high school teachers, "lieutenants." School was not a happy time for Albert; he wanted to be able to think freely. Not being able to learn with questioning made him suspicious of all authority. His motto was, " How do we know that is true? Where is the proof?" Albert stayed in school until he was ten years old. His lack of attitude and hesitant speech made him unpopular with the teachers. One day Hermann went to the school headmaster to ask what future career his son should follow. He was told that it did not matter, for Albert would never amount to anything. What Albert didn't learn at school he was taught at home. His Uncle Jakob was the first to introduce him to the wonders of algebra. His mother, Pauline was a music lover and insisted that Albert learn to play the violin at an early age. His love for music grew and soon he related music into algebra. It was a custom at that time for a family to invite a poor Jewish student to share a meal once a week. Einstein's guest was a medical student named Max Talmey. He was a strong influence on young Albert. Albert's desire to learn physics required higher math, so Tamley gave him a beginner's book of geometry. In a few months Albert had worked himself through the whole workbook. From here on Albert devoted himself to learning higher mathematics, learning it all by himself. Max Talmey was a great help to Albert; he gave him many books on science and philosophy. Talmey once said, " Soon the flight of his mathematical genius was so high I could not follow." Unhappy in school young Albert was dealt another blow in 1894: separation from his protective family. His father's business had failed. Taking their daughter, Maja, his parents moved to Italy where his mother's wealthy relatives lived and were willing to help. Sixteen-year-old Albert was placed in a boarding house run by a distant relative. After six months he decided to leave Luitpold school and Munich, and follow his parents to Italy. This meant that he would be leaving before he got his diploma. Albert decided to take a leave of medical absence. Somehow he convinced a doctor that separation from his parents brought him to the edge of a nervous breakdown. The doctor gave him a medical certificate saying that a period of rest in Italy was necessary to his health. Albert's plan turned out to be unnecessary. Before he could even show the medical certificate, Albert was told that he was to be expelled from school. The reason that he was being expelled was because the teachers thought that he was unruly in class and that his undisciplined behavior had affected the rest of......... You must be registered and logged in to access the full text of this essay. Click here to register, or if you are already a member you can login below. |