Some Strange Facts about Albert Einstein

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If you ask someone to name a genius, nine times out of ten that person is going to name a man by the name of Albert Einstein. Einstein is the image of a genius in our society because of his revolutionary concepts that helped to create the future that we know. It is no surprise that Time Magazine chose Einstein as the Person of the Century in 1999. While we know all about Einstein creating the Theory of Relativity and E=mc2, there are some other interesting facts about the man with the wild hair.

1. Einstein Had Trouble Speaking

Even though he was essentially a genius, Einstein had trouble speaking when he was a child. As a child, Einstein would speak very slowly as he would form sentences in his head so he could speak them properly. This was not something confined to his very early years, but continued all the way until he was nine. It worried his parents so much that they thought he may have been mentally-handicapped. As it turns out, speech problems are actually very common in individuals who are described as brilliant later in their lives. In a book by Thomas Sowell, the term Einstein Syndrome has been coined to describe gifted individuals who have trouble speaking as children.

2. Einstein Had an Interesting Relationship with His Wife

Einstein was married to Mileva Maric, with whom he had two children, Hans Alberta and Eduard. While Einstein was known as somewhat of a ladies’ man, plus his constant traveling as part of his academic fame, the relationship between him and Mileva became strained. After trying to work things out, the couple entered into a contract that would allow them to live together under certain conditions. These conditions, outlined by Einstein, were as follows:

1. You will make sure my clothes and laundry are in good order.
2. You will make sure that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room.
3. You will make sure my bedroom and study is kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.
4. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons.
5. You will stop talking to me if I request it.

3. Einstein, a Pacifist, Urged Roosevelt to Create the Bomb

Einstein was well-known for being a pacifist but even he could see the danger of the Nazi Regime. So, in 1939, worried about the rise of Nazi Germany, Einstein was convinced by Leo Szilard, a fellow physicist, to write a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The letter warned Roosevelt that Nazi Germany may be working on developing an atomic bomb and it was important that the United States began work on its own atomic program.

This letter is often cited as one of the main reasons that Roosevelt began work on the Manhattan Project. The odd thing is that even though Einstein helped push Roosevelt towards the idea of the atomic bomb, the army did not trust Einstein and he was seen as a security risk. As a result, he was not invited to help with the Manhattan Project in any way.