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Albert Einstein

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    Albert`s Einstein`s citizenship

    Subject of the Kingdom of Württemberg during the German Empire (1879–1896)[note 1]
    Stateless (1896–1901)
    Citizen of Switzerland (1901–1955)
    Austrian subject of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1911–1912)
    Subject of the Kingdom of Prussia during the German Empire (1914–1918)[note 1]
    German citizen of the Free State of Prussia (Weimar Republic, 1918–1933)
    Citizen of the United States (1940–1955)
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    Born place and parents.

    He was born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire. His father's name was Herman Einstein and mothers Pauline Einstein.
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    Albert's Einstein's family

    Albert had three children with his first wife Miles Maric. Then he merried to his second wife Elsa Einstein whose mother was Fanny Koch was the sister of Albert's mother, and whose father, Rudolf Einstein, was the son of Raphael Einstein, a brother of Albert's paternal grandfather. Thus Albert and Elsa were first cousins trough their mothers and second cousin trough their fathers.
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    Albert`s work

    His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.[7][8] He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula {\displaystyle E=mc^{2}} E = mc^2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation".[9] 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",[10] a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.
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    He is known for

    General relativity
    Special relativity
    Photoelectric effect
    E=mc2 (Mass–energy equivalence)
    E=hf (Planck–Einstein relation)
    Theory of Brownian motion
    Einstein field equations
    Bose–Einstein statistics
    Bose–Einstein condensate
    Gravitational wave
    Cosmological constant
    Unified field theory
    EPR paradox
    Ensemble interpretation
    List of other concepts
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    His awards

    Barnard Medal (1920)
    Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
    Matteucci Medal (1921)
    ForMemRS (1921)[3]
    Copley Medal (1925)[3]
    Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1926)
    Max Planck Medal (1929)
    Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1942)
    Time Person of the Century (1999)