Albert Einstein
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| Albert Einstein | |
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| Historical Figure | |
| Timeline: | OTL |
| Nationality: | United States (born in Germany) |
| Religion: | Raised in Judaism; grew in Agnosticism |
| Date of Birth: | 1879 |
| Date of Death: | 1955 |
| Cause of Death: | Rupture of an abdomincal aortic aneurysm |
| Occupation: | Scientist |
| Spouse: | Mileva Marić (divorced 1919)
Elsa Löwenthal (died 1936) |
| Children: | Lieserl Marić, Hans Albert Einstein, Eduard Einstein (all by his first wife) |
| Timeline: | Worldwar |
| Appearance(s): | Upsetting the Balance |
| Timeline: | "Joe Steele" |
| Date of Birth: | 1879 |
| Date of Death: | 1946 |
| Cause of Death: | Execution by firing squad |
| Timeline: | Southern Victory |
| Appearance(s): | Drive to the East (referenced) |
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was an German-born Jewish Nobel Prize winning physicist. He is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass–energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc2. Einstein 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."
[edit] Albert Einstein in Worldwar
Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity proved that a tremendous energy output could be released from a divided atomic nucleus--the theory which allowed the human powers to develop atomic bombs with which to resist the Race. However, the theory also seemed to prove that it was impossible to travel faster than light. This was disproven when the United States launched a successful flight of the FTL starship Commodore Perry.
Albert Einstein (who along with Leo Szilard had petitioned President Franklin D. Roosevelt to authorize the Manhattan Project at the outset of World War II) worked with the US to develop atomic bombs. This work became even more urgent when the Race arrived in 1942, and demonstrated their own atomic weapons.
At one point, Einstein found himself sharing a room in Missouri with deposed Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini; American General Dwight Eisenhower; fellow scientist Robert Goddard; American soldier and Race expert Sam Yeager, and; Race prisoners Ullhass and Ristin. He found the Lizard POWs fascinating.
[edit] Albert Einstein in "Joe Steele"
Albert Einstein (1879-1946) had conceived of the possibility of the atomic bomb some time prior the the United States' entry into World War II. However, President Joe Steele had already proven to be a tyrant in the eight years prior. Einstein saw that the bomb could benefit America's war effort, but did not trust Steele. In 1946, after the United States had launched a successful, but costly, invasion of Japan, it was learned that Germany had an atomic bomb project. When Steele called Einstein before him, Einstein admitted he'd thought about writing Steele a letter about the bomb, but did not because he was afraid Steele would use such a weapon.
Einstein and several fellow Jewish physicists were executed for being part of the "Professors' Plot".
[edit] Albert Einstein in Southern Victory
Albert Einstein was a German physicist who abruptly disappeared in 1942. He was one of many leading physicists to do so from all across Germany and Austria-Hungary. United States officials correctly believed that they were working on a project to build an atomic bomb. The fruits of Einstein's labor was used against the Russian capital of Petrograd in 1944.
