ALBERT EINSTEIN Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time. Best known as a physicist for developing his famous theory of relativity, Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany. When he was five years old, his father showed him a pocket compass. Young Einstein was deeply impressed by the mysterious behavior of the compass needle, which kept pointing the same direction no matter which way the compass was turned. …showed first 75 words of 591 total…

…showed last 75 words of 591 total…com, Kelves) Bibliography Einstein, Albert; by Kelves, Daniel J. Pp. 144-145, The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 6, 1994 edition, ©1991 by World Book, Inc. Published by World Book, Inc., a Scott Feltzer company, in Chicago. Einstein, Albert; author unknown. Taken from http://www.biography.com/cgi-bin/biomain.cgi*, on October 10, 2000. Quotations by Author: Einstein, Albert, author unknown. Taken from http://quoteland.com/qldb/author/89 on October 11, 2000. Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Quoteland.com, Inc., all rights reserved unless otherwise noted