Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, Einstein began his schooling in Munch, and he began his education in mathematics, particularly calculus, around 1891. In 1895, Einstein failed the entrance examination to Eidenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich. In 1896, Einstein renounced his German citizenship, but it was not until 1899 that he applied for Swiss citizenship, which he did not receive until 1901. Following his failing to get into ETH, Einstein attended Aarou a secondary school. While attending Aarou, he wrote an essay, in which he outlined his plans for the future. Later Einstein would achieve his goals and much more. Einstein would go on to be recognized for tree papers all written in 1905.
The first paper that Einstein wrote described the electromagnetic radiation of light. Einstein based his paper on hypothesis made by a mathematician named Max Plank. According to Plank electromagnetic energy emitted from radiating objects in discrete quantities. Einstein then used Maxwell's equations and the laws of thermodynamics to explain these phenomena. After writing this paper, Einstein went on the write another.
The second paper Einstein wrote proposed the special theory of relativity. Einstein based his special theory of relativity on a reinterpretation of the classical principal of relativity, which states that the laws of physics had to have the same form in any frame of reference. One of the fundamental parts of Einstein's theory was that he assumed that the speed of light remained constant in all frames of reference.
Einstein's third paper, which is much less recognized, concerned the field of statistical mathematics, which had already been studied by Ludwig Boltzman and Josiah Gibbs. Einstein continued working on all three of these fields for the rest of his life. In 1914, he began work on the general theory of relativity, which expressed the special theory of relativity in terms of calculus.
