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Albert Einstein Contributions

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Albert Einstein
In the history of the United States of America, there have been many different people who have influenced this country in different ways. There have been people, such as George Washington, who have benefited this country exponentially and have caused it to grow and become better. On the contrary, there have been people who have taken a great toll on this country and had influenced it to do wrong. Albert Einstein is a man who most think has benefited the country tremendously, but was he a valuable contributor to the welfare of the United States, or was he detrimental to society? In the early years of Albert Einstein’s life, he had a very complicated and tough school life. He grew up in Munich, Germany and there he obtained an early education. His early school life was filled with hardships of every kind. “He was a poor student, and some of his teachers thought he might be retarded (mentally handicapped); he was unable to speak fluently (with ease and grace) at age nine” (Albert Einstein Biography). On the contrary, he was very intelligent in his own way. He loved learning about nature and he yearned to find solutions to the world's problems. He learned to play the violin at the age of 6 and he continued to play the violin throughout the course of his life. When he was twelve years old, he discovered geometry and was fascinated with shapes and structures. Then, by the age of 16, he mastered calculus which pushed him towards a career in physics and

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