e entrance exam, only to pass it on his second attempt. Finally, he was able to study his math and science in an atmosphere where a mind like his is usually welcomed. Once again, though, Einstein found himself resented. This time not by the students, but by his professors, and because of this, he was unable to obtain a teaching position at the Institute upon his graduation in 1900. The following year, he became a Swiss citizen, and he also wrote hisfirst scientific essay, which was entitled 'Consequences of Capillary Phenomena.' Einstein noted that this was proved the existence of molecules. In 1902, he married Mileva Maric, who had also attended the Polytechnic Institute. They had two sons, Hans Albert, born in 1904, and Edward, born in 1910, but the marriage itself ended with a divorce in 1919. Also in 1902, unable to find a teaching position, Albert was able to find a job in the Swiss patent office. Understandably, this doesn't seem like much of a job for such a great mind, but it may have been just the job he needed. The work at the patent office was fairly boring, but it left him the time he needed to do research, and to write on various scientific topics. It was while working at the patent office in 1905 that Einstein published the first version of his famous and revolutionary theory of relativity. This was only the crowning achievement in what proved to be a banner year for Albert. Not only did he publish his paper on general relativity, but also a paper on light quanta, and one on Brownian motion, along with obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich. This paper was based in an 1827 discovery by botanist Robert Brown. It stated that thermal agitation of a particle suspended in a solution could produce a detectable effect.His theory of special relativity was not widely accepted at first, and it was even rejected by the University of Bern in an application for Einstein to provide teaching services for the University. This c...
