Albert Einstein

ALBERT EINSTEIN

In southern Germany on the Danube River, there is an ancient port called Ulm. Its greatest history took place in the Middle Ages; when its Gothic cathedral church, the second largest in Germany, was built. A block or two from the cathedral, in an apartment at 20 Bahnhofstrasse, Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. His mother thought that his head was too large and his grandmother thought it much too heavy. Herman and Pauline Einstein became worried that their son might be mildly retarded. Albert’s principal said he would never be successful.
At Albert’s school t...