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March 14, 1879: Albert Einstein is Born
On this day in 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
Did you know his father was a featherbed salesman? Learn more about the famous scientist with NOVA’s Albert Einstein timeline.
You can also watch NOVA’s Einstein Revealed, which exposes the hidden life of Albert Einstein and tracing the birth of his groundbreaking ideas.
Images: Albert Einstein in 1921 (Wikimedia Commons), timeline of Einstein’s life (NOVA).
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March 14, 1879: Albert Einstein is Born
On this day in 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
Did you know his father was a featherbed salesman? Learn more about the famous scientist with NOVA’s Albert Einstein timeline.
You can also watch NOVA’s Einstein Revealed, which exposes the hidden life of Albert Einstein and tracing the birth of his groundbreaking ideas.
Images: Albert Einstein in 1921 (Wikimedia Commons), timeline of Einstein’s life (NOVA).
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March 14, 1879: Albert Einstein is Born

On this day in 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.

Did you know his father was a featherbed salesman? Learn more about the famous scientist with NOVA’s Albert Einstein timeline.

You can also watch NOVA’s Einstein Revealed, which exposes the hidden life of Albert Einstein and tracing the birth of his groundbreaking ideas.

Images: Albert Einstein in 1921 (Wikimedia Commons), timeline of Einstein’s life (NOVA).

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