INTERVIEW WITH ALBERT EINSTEIN
Q:Tell me a little about your background.
A: I was born to Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany, on March 14, 1879. I was a shy and curious kid.I did not do well in school, but I did take an interest in mathematics and science. While at college, I studied physics and math. After graduating, I worked in a government office. Meanwhile, I continued studying physics on my own.
Q: Which area of science did you work in?
A: I was in Theoretical Physics. My research was related to Universal Physics and Quantum Physics. A Theoretical physicist has a job that combines observation with mathematics in order to create complex formulas that describe the workings of the universe around us.
Q: What did you discover …show more content…
In 1905, when I was 26, I published five major research papers in one of the most famous journals of the era. I received the highest degree that a graduate could be awarded for the first paper. When I published the next four papers, it forever changed mankind’s view of the universe. The first one provided a theory explaining Brownian movement, the zigzag motion of microscopic particles in a mixture. I suggested that the movement was caused by the random motion of molecules of the suspension medium as they bounced against the suspended particles.A second paper laid the foundation for the photon, or quantum, a theory of light. The paper redefined the theory of light and also explained the photoelectric effect, the emission of electrons from some solids when they are struck by light. A third paper, which had its beginnings in an essay I wrote at age 16, contained the “special theory of relativity.” I showed that time and motion are relative to the observer. If the speed of light is constant and natural laws are the same everywhere in the universe. The fourth paper was a mathematical addition to the special theory of relativity. Here I presented my most famous formula, E = mc2, known as the energy-mass relation. What it says is that the energy (E) inherent in a mass (m) equals the mass multiplied by the velocity of light squared (c2). The formula shows that a small particle of matter is the equivalent of an enormous quantity of
Q:Tell me a little about your background.
A: I was born to Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany, on March 14, 1879. I was a shy and curious kid.I did not do well in school, but I did take an interest in mathematics and science. While at college, I studied physics and math. After graduating, I worked in a government office. Meanwhile, I continued studying physics on my own.
Q: Which area of science did you work in?
A: I was in Theoretical Physics. My research was related to Universal Physics and Quantum Physics. A Theoretical physicist has a job that combines observation with mathematics in order to create complex formulas that describe the workings of the universe around us.
Q: What did you discover …show more content…
In 1905, when I was 26, I published five major research papers in one of the most famous journals of the era. I received the highest degree that a graduate could be awarded for the first paper. When I published the next four papers, it forever changed mankind’s view of the universe. The first one provided a theory explaining Brownian movement, the zigzag motion of microscopic particles in a mixture. I suggested that the movement was caused by the random motion of molecules of the suspension medium as they bounced against the suspended particles.A second paper laid the foundation for the photon, or quantum, a theory of light. The paper redefined the theory of light and also explained the photoelectric effect, the emission of electrons from some solids when they are struck by light. A third paper, which had its beginnings in an essay I wrote at age 16, contained the “special theory of relativity.” I showed that time and motion are relative to the observer. If the speed of light is constant and natural laws are the same everywhere in the universe. The fourth paper was a mathematical addition to the special theory of relativity. Here I presented my most famous formula, E = mc2, known as the energy-mass relation. What it says is that the energy (E) inherent in a mass (m) equals the mass multiplied by the velocity of light squared (c2). The formula shows that a small particle of matter is the equivalent of an enormous quantity of