Albert Einstein was born on the 14th of March in 1879 In Germany. His father was a salesman and engineer. He was a theoretical physicist. He was a very clever and talented person. He developed the general theory of relativity. It is one of the two pillars of modern physics. In 1921 He received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He received this prize for his services to theoretical physics and for his discovery of the law of thephotoelectric effect. Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers. He had also over 150 non-scientific works. He died on the 18th of April in 1955. Nowadays we use word "Einstein" as synonymous with genius. When we say «You are Einstein» we mean “ you are very clever”.
