Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, in Eighteen-Seventy-Nine. His father owned a factory that made electrical devices. His mother enjoyed music and books. His parents were Jewish but they did not observe many of the religion’s rules.

Albert was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty learning to read.

When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. The child was filled with wonder when he discovered that the compass needle always pointed in the same direction – to the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move.

Their answers about magnetism and gravity were difficult for the boy to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he felt something hidden had to be behind things.

Albert Einstein taught in Switzerland and Germany. He left Germany when Adolph Hitler came to power in Nineteen-Thirty – Three. He moved to the United States to continue his research. He worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Einstein became a citizen of the United states in nineteen-forty.

Einstein was a famous man, but you would not have known that by looking at him. His white hair was long and wild. He wore old clothes. He showed an inner joy when he was playing his violin or talking about his work. Students and friends said he had a way of explaining difficult ideas using images that were easy to understand.

Albert Einstein opposed wars. Yet he wrote to resident Franklin Roosevelt in nineteen-Thirty-Nine to advise him that he United States should develop an atomic bomb before Germany did.

Einstein spent the last twenty –five years of his life working on what he called a “unified field theory”. He hoped to find a common mathematical statement that could tie together all the different parts of physics. He did not succeed.

Albert Einstein died in Nineteen-Fifty-Five. He was seventy-six years old. 

       

                            阿尔伯特.爱因斯坦

 

1879年,阿尔伯特,爱因斯坦出生于德国乌尔姆. 他的父亲拥有一座制造电器设备的工厂.他的母亲喜欢音乐和书籍 .他的父母是犹太人,但是他们并不遵守犹太教的许多条条框框.

阿尔伯特是安静的孩子,大部分时间都是一个人呆着.他学说话慢,学习阅读也有困难.

阿尔伯特5岁的时候,他的父亲给了他一个指南针.当发现指南针总是指向同一个方向----北方式,这个孩子充满了好奇.他问他的父亲和叔叔是什么让针移动的.

他们对于磁场和重力的解释对于这个孩子来说是难以理解的.但是他花了很长时间思考它们.后来他说,他觉得世间万物背后一定还有某些隐藏的事物未被揭示.

阿尔伯特.爱因斯坦曾在瑞士和德国教学.1933年,当阿道夫.希特勒掌权时,他离开了德国.他移居到美国继续他的研究.他在新泽西普林斯顿的高级研究所工作.1940年,爱因斯坦成为美国公民.

爱因斯坦是一位名人,但是从他的外表上你看不出这一点.他长着有长又乱的一头白发,穿着旧衣服.当他弹奏小提琴或者谈及他的工作时,会显露出一种内在的愉悦.学生和朋友们都说他能使用简单易懂的图像来解释晦涩难懂的概念.

阿尔伯特.爱因斯坦反对战争.但是1939年他写信给弗兰克林.罗斯福总统,建议他说美国应当先于德国研制出原子弹.

爱因斯坦生命的最后25年时间都花在了他称之为”统一场论”的研究中.他希望找到一个通用的数学表述.可以将物理科学的不同部分联系在一起.他没有成功.

阿尔伯特.爱因斯坦死于1955年,享年76岁.