Curriculum Vitae

Albert Einstein #

Institute for Advanced Study
Einstein Drive/ Princeton, N.J. 08540 USA

Phone: 609-734-8000
Mobile: 609-924-8399

Email: a.einstein@ias.edu
URL: http://www.ias.edu/spfeatures/einstein/

Born: March 12, 1879—Ulm, Germany
Nationality: German/American

Current position #

Emeritus Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Areas of specialisation #

Physics; Relativity Theory

Appointments held #

1903-1908, Swiss Patent Office, Bern
1908-1911, University of Bern
1911-1912, University of Zürich
1912-1914, Charles University of Prague
1914-1932, Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin
1920-1930, University of Leiden
1932-1955, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Education #

1900, MSc in Physics, ETH Zürich 1900, PhD in Physics, ETH Zürich

Grants, honours & awards #

1921, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Foundation

Publications & talks #

Journal articles #

1. Einstein, Albert (1901), “Folgerungen aus den Capillaritätserscheinungen (Conclusions Drawn from the Phenomena of Capillarity)", Annalen der Physik, 4: 513
2. Einstein, Albert (1905), “On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transforma- tion of Light", Annalen der Physik, 17: 132–148. 1905b Einstein, Albert (1905), A new determination of molecular dimensions. PhD dissertation.
3. Einstein, Albert (1905), “On the Motion—Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat—of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid", Annalen der Physik, 17: 549–560.
   1905d Einstein, Albert (1905), “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies", Annalen der Physik 17:891–921.
4. Einstein, Albert (1905), “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", Annalen der Physik, 18: 639–641.
5. Einstein, Albert (1915), “Die Feldgleichungen der Gravitation (The Field Equations of Gravitation)", Koniglich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften: 844–847
6. Einstein, Albert (1917), “Kosmologische Betrachtungen zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie (Cos-mological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity)", Koniglich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften
7. Einstein, Albert (1917), “Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung (On the Quantum Mechanics of Ra- diation)", Physikalische Zeitschrift, 18: 121–128

Books #

Einstein, Albert (1954), Ideas and Opinions, New York: Random House, ISBN 0-517-00393-7

Newspaper articles #

1. Einstein, Albert, et al. (December 4, 1948), “To the editors", New York Times
2. Einstein, Albert (May 1949), “Why Socialism?", Monthly Review.

Teaching #

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Service to the profession #

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