His second wife (and cousin) provided the domestic stability he needed to focus entirely on physics, though the marriage lacked romantic passion.
In 1939, fearing Nazi scientists would build it first, Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging the U.S. to research atomic energy. He later deeply regretted his involvement when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. 🚫 The Final Quest: A Universe Without Dice Einstein- His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson.pdf
Einstein’s first wife was a brilliant physics student. While they shared an intense intellectual bond early on, their marriage collapsed under emotional neglect. His second wife (and cousin) provided the domestic
Einstein was slow to talk as a child, which Isaacson notes allowed him to think in visual images rather than words. to research atomic energy
Provided empirical, undeniable proof of the existence of atoms. 3. Special Relativity
Laid the foundation for quantum mechanics and eventually won him the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. 2. Brownian Motion
Einstein was not content with Special Relativity, which excluded acceleration and gravity. For the next decade, he engaged in an agonizing intellectual struggle to expand his theory. The Happiest Thought