sor. Around this time he wrote, "I have given up the ambition to get to a university"(www.groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/) So he got off for the next two years as a tutor and a substitute teacher. (Encarta 96) Then, in 1902 he acquired a job as an examiner at the Swiss patent office in Bern. In 1903 he married Mileve Mirac, who was his classmate at the polytechnic. They had two sons and later divorced. (Encarta 96)In 1905 Einstein received his doctorate from the University of Zrich for his theoretical dissertion on the dimensions of molecules and the central importance of the development of 20th century physics. Then, he created his most famous theory, The Theory of Relativity, in 1916. As soon as it was published, his fame spread worldwide. He followed with many more theories. Later, he was presented with the Nobel Prize, not for his Theory of Relativity, but for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect. He even had the element Einsteinium named after him. (www.groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/)During the 1930s, as soon as Hitler came to power, he fled to Princeton, New Jersey. Einstein was a very strong supporter of Zionism and Pacifism. He often expressed his beliefs publicly, throughout the war. He believed, " So long as they dont get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me."(www.humboldt1.com/) He had very strong social views including his push for the United States intellectuals to sacrifice anything to preserve political freedom. Einsteins efforts for social causes often seemed unrealistic, but they were always thought out as carefully as his scientific theories. (Encarta 96) Though he loved to express his social views, science always came first for him, because he said, " Only the discovery of the nature of the universe will have lasting meaning." (www.humboldt1.com/)Albert Einstein died April 18, 1955 at Princeton, NJ. He may have died, but his ide...
