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6 facts about Einstein that you probably don't know

Many agree that Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists in history, but as with many famous people, some facts about Einstein have been distorted or forgotten over time , do you want to know more about this genius? Here we go!

6 facts about Einstein that you surely do not know

1.Its authorship on the theory of relativity was debated

The theory of relativity was full of accusations of plagiarism by German scientist David Hilbert and his supporters, because Hilbert claimed that it was he who had first discovered the theory and that Einstein had taken all the credit .In his defense, Einstein I affirm that it was Hilbert who had copied some of his documents.

6 facts about Einstein that you probably don't know

At the beginning it was thought that every scientist had discovered the theory by his side, but that was until it was discovered that, in fact, Hilbert had stolen some documents of Einstein without giving him any credit.

Einstein published his discovery before Hilbert, who originally submitted some documents incorrect, later corrected, only too late.

2.Tete

Eduard Einstein, nicknamed Tete or Teel, was Einstein's second son with his wife Mileva Maric.1910 and he was very prone to getting sick. When he turned 20 he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Mileva, who divorced Einstein, took care of him for a while and then interned in a psychiatric hospital.

When Einstein moved to the United States, he only communicated with his children via letter.In one of them he told Tete that he hoped to see him soon, but World War II broke out and he never met him again.

3.Inventing an unconventional refrigerator

Einstein was credited with several inventions during his life, perhaps one of the most curious was a refrigerator, which did not work with electricity, but its cooling process occurred through changes in pressure between gases and liquids.

6 facts about Einstein that you probably don't know

Einstein developed this project after hearing that a German family had died from inhaling the toxic gases that escaped from a conventional refrigerator.

4.The FBI believed that Einstein was a Soviet spy

Another of the data on Einstein that you may not know is that since He entered the United States in 1933, was spied on by the FBI, until his death in 1055. The FBI suspected that he was involved in suspicious espionage activities for the Soviet Union and constantly intercepted his phone and mail looking for clues.

6 facts about Einstein that you probably don't know

Once they even tried to deport him in collaboration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The FBI believed that Einstein was against the government or that he was a communist due to his political opinions and his relationship with anti-war groups and human rights defenders.

Before receiving the visa, the State Department I interrogate Einstein intensively, which made him angry and replied that the Americans had been the ones who had begged him to visit his country, and that he would not tolerate being treated as a suspect.

5 He regretted his participation in the atomic bomb

Einstein was never part of the Manhattan Project , the US government's program to create the first atomic bomb during the Second War Mundial.Even if he had wanted to, he was not allowed even the scientists who participated in the project could meet him, because they were forbidden.

6 facts about Einstein that you probably don't know

What did Einstein do then related to the atomic bomb? Einstein sent a letter to President Franklin Roosevelt asking him to develop the bomb promptly. After realizing the incredible destructive power of it, Einstein got involved because he fears the Germans would build it first.

After the United States Throwing the bomb against Hiroshima, Einstein lamented and confessed that had not signed the letter having known that the Germans would never make the bomb.

6.She smoked a lot

The things Einstein liked most were his violin and his pipe .I even highlight once he believed that smoking was necessary to maintain an "objective judgment."

6 facts about Einstein that you probably don't know

After that his doctor told him that it was harmful to his health, he began to bite the pipe.Among the personal objects that are preserved from him, there is precisely a bite pipe.

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