Education
* 1895-1896: Luitpold Gymnasium, Munich, Germany: Einstein struggled with the rigid, rote learning environment and left before graduating.
* 1896: Swiss Federal Polytechnic School (ETH Zürich): He was accepted directly into the four-year program in physics and mathematics, though he had to take a preparatory year to fill in gaps in his education.
* 1900: Graduated from ETH Zürich with a diploma in physics.
Work
* 1902-1909: Swiss Patent Office in Bern, Switzerland: This period is known as Einstein's "miracle year." Though initially working as a patent clerk, he continued his scientific research and produced his groundbreaking papers on the photoelectric effect, special relativity, and Brownian motion.
* 1909-1911: Professor of Physics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
* 1911-1912: Professor of Physics at the Charles University in Prague, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
* 1912-1914: Professor of Physics at ETH Zürich
* 1914-1933: Professor of Physics at the University of Berlin, Germany, and Director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics
* 1933-1955: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA: After fleeing Nazi Germany, Einstein became a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he continued his research until his death.
Important Points:
* Einstein's "miracle year" (1905), when he published several groundbreaking papers, occurred during his time at the Swiss Patent Office.
* His work at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin (1914-1933) was marked by his development of the general theory of relativity.
* His final decades at Princeton saw him engage with various scientific and philosophical issues and work towards the establishment of a unified field theory.
Einstein's life and work were filled with significant intellectual contributions and milestones, making him one of the most influential figures in scientific history.
