Creativity of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, a well-known German physicist and mathematician, was
born in Germany on March 14, 1879. His unusual ability   to   mathematics   and
physics began to show itself at a technical school in Zurich. At the age   of
21, after four years of university study, Albert Einstein got   a   job   as   a
clerk in an office. But already in 1905 he   made   revolutionary   discoveries
in   science.   He   published   three   papers   in   the   field   of   physics   and
mathematics. In the first he explained the photoelectric effect by means   of
Planck's quantum theory. The second paper developed   a   mathematical   theory
of Brownian motion. He presented his   third   paper   on   "Special   Theory   of
Relativity" to a physical journal. Einstein   expressed   his   theory   in   the
equation E = mc2, roughly that energy equals mass times the   square   of   the
speed of light.
      All over the world scientists read the work with great surprise.   Few
physicists understood its importance at that time. Everybody wanted to   know
as much as possible about the author. In which institute did   he   teach?   In
what laboratory did he do his research?
      Einstein's fame among scientists grew slowly but surely.   For   a   few
years he lived in Prague where he worked as a professor.   When   he   came   to
Prague, he often told his students: "I shall always try to help you. If   you
have a problem, come to me with it, we shall solve it together".
      He liked questions and answered them   at   once,   for   there   were   no
simple or foolish questions for him. He spoke much with his   students   about
scientific problems and his new ideas. His advice to   students   was,   "Don't
take easy problems".
      In 1921 Einstein got the Nobel Prize in physics not for the theory of
relativity but for a logical explanation of the photoelectric effect.
      After the Great   October   Socialist   Revolution   in   Russia   Einstein
became a true   friend   of   the   young   Socialist   Republic.   He...