How Did Albert Einstein Influence Astronomy

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Albert Einstein's influence on astronomy.
Albert had a big influence on Astronomy. He started to study mathematics, he was lured toward calculus around 1891. Albert originally wanted to be a electrical engineer. But he failed to do pass an examination which would have allowed him to study for a diploma at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zurich. He made a plan of graduating as a teacher in mathematics and physics. He got his PHD in 1905. He also created the theory of relativity. A lot of people thought that his theory was wrong but gamma rays prove that he was right. In 1921 he won the nobel prize in physics, for his work on the photoelectric effect. he thought that light consisted of particles called protons. The speed of of

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