GRAPHIC SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY JORDI BAYARRI GRAPHIC UNIVERSE MINNEAPOLIS
ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS BORN IN THE CITY OF ULM GERMANY ON MARCH 14 1879 GROWING UP HE LIKED TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS SISTER MAJA AND BUILD HOUSES OF CARDS THE TWO OF THEM BOTH PLAYED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TOO MAJA PLAYED THE PIANO AND ALBERT PLAYED THE VIOLIN ONE DAY WHEN ALBERT WAS ILL HIS FATHER GAVE HIM A GIFT A COMPASS HOW DOES IT WORK THANKS TO EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD A MAGNETIC FIELD WOW ALTHOUGH ALBERT’S FAMILY WAS JEWISH HE ATTENDED A CATHOLIC SCHOOL THE TEACHERS THERE WERE VERY STRICT 5
ALBERT HAD AN EARLY TALENT FOR SCIENCE AND HIS UNCLE JAKOB LIKED TO CHALLENGE HIM WITH MATH PROBLEMS ALBERT HOW CAN YOU ALREADY DEMONSTRATE THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM SOME NIGHTS MAX TALMUD A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY WOULD VISIT THE EINSTEIN HOUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS BRING BOOKS AS A GIFT EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY THANKS MAX I’M GLAD YOU LIKE THE BOOKS I LOVE THEM ESPECIALLY BERNSTEIN’S POPULAR BOOKS ON NATURAL SCIENCE ALBERT WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE GERMAN CITY OF MUNICH LIKE THIS PART ABOUT THE SPEED OF LIGHT THE SCHOOL HAD A SPECIAL FOCUS ON MATH AND SCIENCE 6
