Why Einstein Couldn’t Get a Job for Nine Years

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:09 Einstein fails to get into college
1:40 Einstein’s grades at Zurich Polytechnic
2:02 Einstein irritates his university professors
2:51 Meeting Mileva Maric and illegitimate daughter Lieserl
4:40 Einstein fails to get a job
6:34 Working as a third-rate patent clerk
8:18 The ‘miracle’ year in 1905 starting with the photoelectric effect paper
9:10 Brownian Motion
9:40 Special theory of relativity
10:55 E = MC2
11:26 Einstein still struggles to get a job following 1905 papers
12:52 Falling in love with his Berlin cousin
13:09 Einstein and wife divorce
13:57 General theory of relativity
15:22 How the sun warps starlight
16:02 Einstein’s controversial character
17:21 Dropping the atomic bomb
18:25 Einstein troubled by quantum entanglement
19:05 Struggle to find a uniform field theory

Special thanks to Soojin Han for permission to feature her performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3
Full video of the performance    • Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 - Soojin ...  

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Sources:
Lipoid Gymnasium, Einstein’s high school in Germany: Rufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Maxwell equations: FF-UK, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Swiss Patent Office in Bern Gidoca, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3., via Wikimedia Commons
Italian cemetery where Hermann Einstein is buried: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden, Netherlands showcasing Einstein’s fountain pen Museum Boerhaave, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
NASA’s animation of how the sun warps starlight
Animator: Scott Wiessinger
All Comments (21)
  • @paulg444
    a lesson to every professor, the best and brightest, the most inquisitive and curious, are not necessarily the A students.
  • @Physicsforlife888
    I Don't know why I am obsessed with Einstein but I loved him so much since I first heard about him He will always be in my mind for making me love physics.....
  • @singing-sands
    Don’t dismiss Mileva Maric’s contribution to Einstein’s work so easily. She did much more than type up his papers! The very fact she was the only woman classmate showed the extent to which she was valued in her own right. After marriage they had at least two more children but she suffered from severe post partum depression. I disagree that Mileva was ugly. After Einstein grew tired of her illness he left and married his first cousin. I would never call his cousin ugly, but her picture is readily available.
  • @vit3869
    One of your best documentaries yet. Longer, more in-depth=better.
  • @JK360noscope
    This is probably the best description of success. "He did his most important work and nobody cared at all" It isn't till later when the implications of the success show up does the impact of the stone hitting the water send out the waves...
  • @BounceIO
    Incredible and inspiring thank you, was just feeling like shit this morning, and this picked me right back up.
  • @adityasunani3265
    Fascination video! I really loved it!! BTW, your videos are amazing!! I really liked most of the videos and it really gives valuable learning!!
  • @Martincohenphoto
    What a lovely and well made video! One of the best I have seen on Albert Einstein, and a LOT of documentaries were made on his life and his legacy.
  • @petarswift5089
    Little known fact. After he published the Special Relativity papers, he applied for a job in the Balkans in the Kingdom of Serbia as a university professor in Belgrade. But he was rejected because of the language barrier and not speaking Serbian.
  • @jann9507
    Thank you for a fantastic presentation; Loved the infographics and photographs which were very apt to the topic. Please keep them coming!!
  • @Eagerwerewolf
    I'm really curious what he said at last, the nurse didn't know german, it will probably remain a mystery forever
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  • @Arugula100
    This is a marvelous presentation of science, history, and Einstein. I love your presentation style and narration! I wish i can be tour assistant to learn how to create this kind of educational videos. Where does one learn about these processes of clipping vidros, photos, and stringing them into a story with voice recordings?
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  • @szlvid6
    Thank you! Very interesting!🌱