Albert Einstein

Born

March 14, 1879

Died

April 18, 1955 (aged 76)

Known as

theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, inventor, science writer, pedagogue, university teacher

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".

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