Albert Einstein (Youth and University)

Einstein was born in Ulm in Württemberg, Germany, about 100 km east of Stuttgart. His father, Hermann Einstein, a salesman of feather bed which then undergo to an electrochemical works, and his mother was Pauline. They were married in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. They are descendants of Jewish families; Albert schooled in Catholic school and the mother wishes he was given violin lessons.

When Albert was five, his father showed him a pocket compass, and Einstein realized that something in space that is "empty" reacted upon the needle of that compass; he would later describe the experience as one of the most evocative moment in his life. Although he makes a models and mechanical devices as a hobby, he is considered a slow learner, possibly due to dyslexia, shyness, or because the structure of rare and unusual in his brain (examined after his death). He then get an award for the theory of relativity to this slowness, saying that by pondering space and time than other children, he was able to develop a more developed intellect. Another, more recently, about the mental development is that he suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a condition that related with autism.

Einstein began to study mathematics at twelve years old. There are rumors that he failed mathematics in his education, but this is not true; replacement in the assessment to be confused in the next year. Two of his uncle helped to develop interest in the intellectual world at the end of his childhood and early adolescence by providing suggestions and books on science and mathematics.

In 1894, due to the failure of his father's electrochemical business, the Einsteins moved from Munich to Pavia, Italy (near Milan). But Albert stayed behind to finish his school, finish a semester before rejoining his family in Pavia.

Failure of the liberal arts portion of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Zurich) in the following year was a backward step. His family sent him to Aarau, Switzerland, to finish high school, where he received a diploma in 1896, Einstein register at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule many times. One years after that he took off his Württemberg citizenship and became unnationality.

In 1898, Einstein met and fell in love with Mileva Maric, a Serb who is a classmate (and friend Nikola Tesla). In 1900, he was granted a teaching by the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule and was accepted as citizens of the Swiss nation bloc in 1901. During this time Einstein discussed his scientific interests with close friends, including Mileva. He and Mileva had a daughter named Lieserl, born in January 1902. Lieserl, at the time, was considered illegitimate because the parents were married. They live in 'Einsteinhaus' in Bern where Einstein and Mileva lived (on the 1st floor) in the Annus Mirabilis.

from many sources