Historical record · Changing the picture of nature
Albert Einstein
Trace Einstein’s education, public scientific work and continuing experimental legacy.
Primary topic: People
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A selective public biography. Scientific theories are presented as tested models, not infallible answers; the final chapter is a later test by other researchers.
Actual source-review status
11 completed · 0 partial · 0 pending chapter reviews in this subject.
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Key chapters
- 1900 CE
A teaching diploma in Zurich →
Einstein completes his studies at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note. - 1905 CE
Relativity links space, time and energy →
Einstein publishes work on moving bodies and mass–energy equivalence.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note. - 1915 CE
A new theory of gravity →
Einstein completes general relativity.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note. - 14 September 2015
A prediction meets a new experiment →
LIGO detects gravitational waves from merging black holes.
Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
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All chapters & review records
- Albert Einstein is born in Ulmcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- A teaching diploma in Zurichcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- Light is described in discrete packetscompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- Relativity links space, time and energycompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- A new theory of gravitycompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- Starlight offers a testcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- Recognition with the 1921 Nobel Prizecompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- A new research home in Princetoncompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- A warning about nuclear weaponscompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- Einstein’s life ends in Princetoncompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
- A prediction meets a new experimentcompleted2026-10-12 · Codex second-expansion source review
Sources
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