Background Information
Albert Einstein was a very important inventor and philosopher in history. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14th, 1879 and died in Princeton on April 18th, 1955. He created the atomic bomb, door openers, lasers, remote control devices, and DVD players. He also created many theories like his most famous one, E=mc2.
This formula helped him create most of his greatest inventions. E = Energy, m = Mass and c2 = the Speed of Light Squared. Albert Einstein used E=mc2 to create most of his inventions like the atomic bomb which militaries in wars with other countries.He helped America during war and sent a letter to the president Franklin D. Roosevelt to convince him that the US military should use the atomic bomb before Germany would in 1939. His atomic bomb was the reason for the massive amount of damage done in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during a war. Many of his inventions and theories helped scientist today get to the moon and out in space and he also helped us have a much better understanding of gravity and how it works. Albert Einstein was also greatly influenced on the bomb dropped in Japan although he did not directly create the bomb himself. He died on April 18th, 1955. He is still one of the greatest physicists in the world. |