Why Einstein Couldn’t Get a Job for 9 Years | Newsthink

Why Einstein Couldn’t Get a Job for 9 Years Einstein had to settle as a lowly patent clerk. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink 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 Elevator analogy for 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 https://youtu.be/-egBwAl6ahQ?si=BFYdq9Y0Vq9_tP3b Select images sourced from Alamy Sources: Lipoid Gymnasium, Einstein’s high school in Germany: Rufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Maxwell equations: FF-UK, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Swiss Patent Office in Bern Gidoca, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3., via Wikimedia Commons Italian cemetery where Hermann Einstein is buried: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://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 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons NASA’s animation of how the sun warps starlight Animator: Scott Wiessinger Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - ---------------- ------------ Keywords: neil armstrong, neuralink, nikola tesla, cia, intelligence, jensen huang