was slow in learning how to speak. His parents even consulted a doctor. He also had a cheeky rebelliousness toward authority, which led one headmaster to expel him and another to amuse history by saying that he would never amount to much. But these traits helped make him a genius. His cocky contempt for authority led him to question conventional wisdom. His slow verbal development made him curious about ordinary things – such as space and time – that most adults take for granted. His father gave him a compass at age five, and he puzzled over the nature of a magnetic field for the rest of his life. And he tended to think in pictures rather than words.When Einstein was born, his mother worried that his head was too large and his grandmother exclaimed that he was "much too fat." A few years later, when Einstein was four or five, he had his first scientific experience: his father showed him a pocket compass and the young boy marveled at the fact that regardless of where the compass was turned, the needle always pointed north. The needle's invariable northward swing, guided by an invisible force, profoundly impressed the child. The compass convinced him that there had to be "something behind things, something deeply hidden."
Einstein's formal education began at age six, when he enrolled in the Petersschule on Blumen- strasse, a Catholic elementary school in Munich. Since his parents were not practicing Jews, they cared more about the school's academic standards than its religious affiliation. Einstein did well in school, but he was a quiet child and kept his distance from his peers. He was uncomfortable with the principle of absolute obedience and the military drills that dominated the school's atmosphere.
Even as a small boy Albert Einstein was self-sufficient and thoughtful, and demonstrated an interest in science and problem-solving even before he entered school. According to family legend he was a slow talker, pausing to consider what he would say. His sister remembered the concentration and perseverance with which the young Einstein preferred to build houses of cards and play with his sister at home.At the age of ten, Einstein was accepted into the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich, a formal and respected institution that emphasized Latin and Greek over mathematics and science. Unhappy with the educational program at school, Einstein turned to a course of personal study outside of school. His Uncle Jakob lent him a book of algebra and sent him math puzzles to solve. In addition, a friend of Einstein's family, lent him books on popular science and philosophy that the young boy eagerly devoured.
Einstein's formal education began at age six, when he enrolled in the Petersschule on Blumen- strasse, a Catholic elementary school in Munich. Since his parents were not practicing Jews, they cared more about the school's academic standards than its religious affiliation. Einstein did well in school, but he was a quiet child and kept his distance from his peers. He was uncomfortable with the principle of absolute obedience and the military drills that dominated the school's atmosphere.
Even as a small boy Albert Einstein was self-sufficient and thoughtful, and demonstrated an interest in science and problem-solving even before he entered school. According to family legend he was a slow talker, pausing to consider what he would say. His sister remembered the concentration and perseverance with which the young Einstein preferred to build houses of cards and play with his sister at home.At the age of ten, Einstein was accepted into the Luitpold Gymnasium in Munich, a formal and respected institution that emphasized Latin and Greek over mathematics and science. Unhappy with the educational program at school, Einstein turned to a course of personal study outside of school. His Uncle Jakob lent him a book of algebra and sent him math puzzles to solve. In addition, a friend of Einstein's family, lent him books on popular science and philosophy that the young boy eagerly devoured.
On November 18 in 1881 Albert Einstein’s (1879–1955) sister Maria – called Maja – was born in Munich. Her Jewish parents, Hermann Einstein and Pauline Einstein, nee Koch, had moved from Ulm to Munich in June 1880 with their two-year-old son Albert. There Hermann Einstein and his brother Jakob had founded the electrical engineering company Einstein & Cie. When little Albert saw his sister for the first time he thought she were a kind of toy and asked: “Yes, but where does it have its small wheels?” Maja and her brother Albert got along very well all their life.
After attending the elementary school in Munich from 1887 to 1894, she attended the German International School in Milan where the family had moved to due to financial reasons. To complete school, Albert had stayed in Munich. From 1899 to 1902 she attended the workshop for teachers in Aarau. After she did her final exams successfully, she studied Romance languages and literature in Berlin, Bern and Paris. In 1909 she graduated from university in Bern. The title of her dissertation was “Contribution to the tradition of the Chevalier au Cygne and the Enfances Godefroi”. In the following year the “Ms Doctor” married Paul Winteler. Their marriage produced no children. Albert Einstein had lived with the family Winteler during his almost one year long stay in Aarau (1895/96).
The young couple moved to Luzern in 1911 where Maja’s husband had found a job. In 1922 they moved to Colonnata near Florence in Italy.
Due to the political difficulties in Europe Maja, she was Jewish, emigrated, to the United States in 1939. As her husband wasn’t allowed to enter the United States due to health reasons he stayed with relatives in Geneva. He died in 1952. Maja moved to her brother into Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey. Albert Einstein’s second wife Elsa had died there in 1936. The siblings spent some nice years together. After a stroke in 1946 and later through a proceeding arteriosclerosis Maja was bedridden.
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