One thing I learned at Einsteinhaus was that his personal life wasn’t all that it seemed to be. He got a women pregnant when they weren’t married which was taboo at the time. Then following he never met this child and there are no records as to what happened to her. This was supposed to be Einstein’s only daughter. Following the end of his so called high period he and his now wife divorced which I found interesting because I don’t think that that was looked highly upon at the time either.
I though that it was interesting that he did all of his work while working at the lowest level at the patent office and working in the late hours of the night. I learned that he not only took interest and wrote papers in one subject but knew four. He was a very intelligent man who did not seem to care for following structure and rules in the educational/work setting.
I'm impressed that he came up with such groundbreaking theories while working a full time job at a patent office. I am curious what he could have come up with, had he been able to pursue theoretical physics instead of working at a patent office. While Einstein did treat his family poorly, I wonder how his work would have been affected if he spent equal time with his family as he did with physics.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people oversaw his home life actions due to his study findings. If it had been a different person I’m sure it would’ve been more frowned upon, but due to his discoveries and studies he was able to move past his actions quickly and continue working.
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