ஐன்ஸ்டீன் பிறந்தநாள் இன்று........

 ஆல்பர்ட ஐன்ஸ்டீன் பிறந்த நாள்......

அவரைப்பற்றி நான் என்ன எழுதுவதின் மூலம் அவரை பெருமைபடுத்த முடியும்.... கண்டிப்பாக அது முடியாத காரியம்.....

இருந்தாலும் சில வரிகள்......

"ஐன்ஸ்டீன்" அறிவியல் உலகில் இன்றும் யாரும் எட்டிப்பிடிக்காத ஏன் முடியாத  ஒரு இடம் .... அது ஐன்ஸ்டீனுக்கு மட்டும் சொந்தமானது.........

ஒரு தலை சிறந்த விஞ்ஜானி மட்டும் இல்லாமல் ஒரு நல்ல மனிதனர்.....  

அவரது அறிவியல் அறிவை இன்றும் உலகம் பார்த்து வியக்கின்றது....

அவரைப்பற்றி அதிகமாக படித்து இருந்தாலும் அதை இங்கு எழுத மனம் வரவில்லை..... 

இங்கு நான் எழுதும் அந்த நான்கு வரிகள்தான் அவரின் புகழை அதிகபடுதவேண்டுமா? என்று நினைக்கும் போது.. அதை விட்டு விடுவதே நல்லது என நினைக்கிறேன்.....

(ஏற்கனவே ஒரு எஜமான் என்ற தலைப்பில் முன்றைய பதிப்பில் கொஞ்சம் அவரைப்பற்றி எழுதி இருக்கின்றேன்..)

என்னதான் அவரைப்பற்றியும் அவரது அறிவியலைப்பற்றியும் கொஞ்சம் படித்து இருந்தாலும் .... நான் ஐன்ட்டீனை பார்ப்பது... ஒரு சிறுவன் எவரெஸ்ட் சிகரத்தின் கீழ் நின்று அதன் உச்சியை தலை உயர்த்தி பார்க்கின்றது போலத்தான் நானும் அவரைப்பர்க்கிறேன்......

இதுவரை என் வாழ்க்கையில் நான் அதிகம் விரும்பும் ஒரு தலைசிறந்த மனிதர் என்றால் அது ஐன்ஸ்டீன் மட்டுமே..... இனிமேல் வரும் காலங்களிலும் கூட.......

 இந்த நாளில் ஐன்ஸ்டீனை பற்றி ஏதாவது செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று ஆசை... அதனால் அவரின் life time line ஐ கிழே கொடுத்து இருக்கிறேன்... மேலும் சில படங்கள்.....

1879 Born March 14 at 11:30 AM in Ulm, Germany


1880 Einstein family moves to Munich


1881 Sister Maja (Maria) is born


1884 The Compass - A gift from his Uncle sparks his wonder


1885-1888 Pupil at Catholic elementary school in Munich
Private lessons in Judaism at home


1888 Pupil at Luitpold-Gymnasium, Munich for the next six years


1889 Meets 21 year old student, Max Talmud.
Introduction to key science and philosophy texts
Religious instruction at school (until 1892)


1892 Einstein is not Bar Mitzvahed. Technically, not a member of the Jewish community


1894 Parents move to Milan
Six months later, Einstein leaves Gymnasium without completing his schooling and joins his family in Pavia, Italy
1895-96 Pupil at cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland


1896 Renounces his German citizenship


1896-1900 Student at the Polytechnic (later the Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich


1901 Acquires Swiss citizenship
Completes his first scientific paper


1901-02 Temporary teaching position at school in Schaffhausen, Switzerland


1902 Daughter Lieserl born to Mileva Maric in Novi Sad, Hungary
Appointed as technical expert third class at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern


1903 Marriage to Mileva Maric in Bern
Founds "Akademie Olympia" with Conrad Habicht and Maurice Solovine
Daughter Lieserl probably put up for adoption


1904 Son Hans Albert born in Bern


1905 The annus mirabilis (miracle year) : completes papers on light quanta, Brownian motion, and special theory of relativity
Receives Ph.D. from Zurich University


1906 Promoted to technical expert second class at the Swiss Patent Office


1907 Discovers the principle of equivalence


1908 Appointed lecturer at Bern University


1909 Resigns from Patent Office
Appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics at Zurich University


1910 Second son Eduard born in Bern


1911 Predicts bending of light


1911-12 Professor of theoretical physics at German University of Prague


1912-14 Professor of theoretical physics at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
1914 Appointed Professor at University of Berlin (without teaching obligations) and Member of Prussian Academy of Sciences
Separates from his wife, Mileva Maric - she returns to Zurich with the two sons
Signs anti-war "Manifesto to Europeans"


1915 Joins pacifist "New Fatherland League"
Completes logical structure of the general theory of relativity


1916 Publication of the general theory of relativity


1917 Writes first paper on cosmology
Appointed Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin


1917-1920 Suffers from a liver ailment, a stomach ulcer, jaundice and general weakness - his cousin Elsa
Einstein Loewenthal takes care of him


1918 Supports the new Weimar Republic in Germany


1919 Divorces Mileva Maric
Bending of light observed during solar eclipse in West Africa and Brazil
First discussions on Zionism with Kurt Blumenfeld
Marries his cousin Elsa
Announcement at joint meeting of Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society that Einstein's theories have been confirmed by eclipse observations
Sensational headlines in The Times and The New York Times : Einstein becomes a world figure


1920 Mass meeting against the general theory of relativity in Berlin
Appointed special visiting professor at Leiden University


1921 First visit to the U.S. with Chaim Weizmann: fund-raising tour for The Hebrew University
Lectures at Princeton University on theory of relativity


1922 Completes first paper on unified field theory
Visit to Paris contributes to normalization of French-German relations
Joins Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations
Lecture tours in Japan and China
Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for 1921


1923 Visit to Palestine: holds inaugural scientific lecture at future site of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, named first honorary citizen of Tel Aviv
Visit to Spain
Lecture in acknowledgment of Nobel Prize in Göteborg, Sweden
Edits first collection of scientific papers of The Hebrew University


1924 The "Einstein-Institute" in Potsdam, Germany, housed in the "Einstein-Tower" starts its activities


1925 Trip to South America: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Signs manifesto against obligatory military service
Joins Board of Governors and Academic Council of The Hebrew University


1927 Begins intense debate with Niels Bohr on the foundations of quantum mechanics


1928 Suffers temporary physical collapse - enlargement of the heart is diagnosed


1930 Intensive activity on behalf of pacifism


1930-32 Three trips to U.S.: stays mainly at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, during winter semesters


1932 Supports conservation of the Weimar Republic
Public correspondence with Sigmund Freud on the nature of war
Appointed Professor at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Plans to divide his time between Berlin and Princeton
Leaves Germany for the last time
1933 Declares that he will not return to Germany Resigns from Prussian Academy of Sciences
Spends spring and summer in Belgium and Oxford
Emigrates to U.S. in September
Why War? published


1934 Collection of essays The World As I See It published


1935 The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox is published


1936 Elsa Einstein dies


1938 Publication of The Evolution of Physics


1939 Signs famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommending U.S. research on nuclear weapons


1940 Acquires U.S. Citizenship


1943 Works as consultant with the Research and Development Division of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, section Ammunition and Explosives


1944 Handwritten copy of his 1905 paper on special relativity auctioned for six million dollars in Kansas City, as a contribution to the American war effort


1945 Shattered by the extent of the Holocaust of European Jewry
Shocked by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki


1946 Becomes chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists
Expresses public support for the formation of a world government


1947 Intense activity on behalf of disarmament and world government


1948 Supports creation of the State of Israel
First wife, Mileva Maric, dies in Zurich
Intact aneurysm of the abdominal aorta disclosed


1949 Publication of "Autobiographical Notes"


1950 Signs Last Will and Testament: Otto Nathan and Helen Dukas named co-trustees
The Hebrew University named as the ultimate repository of his personal papers
Collection of essays, Out of My Later Years, published


1952 Offered presidency of the State of Israel


1953 Public support for individuals under investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee


1955 Co-signs the Russell-Einstein Manifesto warning of the nuclear threat
Rupture of the aortic aneurysm
Dies April 18 at 1:15 AM in Princeton Hospital at the age of 76
Body cremated and ashes scattered at an undisclosed place