Einstein had a birthday, of course. It was March 14, 1879. He was born in the small city of Ulm, Germany. What was his family like? Albert's dad, Hermann, worked with electrical equipment.

Born to Hermann Einstein (a featherbed salesman) and his wife Pauline in Ulm, Germany. Settles into a program of self-education at age 10 and begins reading as much about science as he can.

Just one year after the birth of little Albert, the family moved to Munich, where Einstein’s father Hermann set up an electrical engineering business with his brother Jakob. Einstein was a timid ...