Pease Revise!!!!!! -------------------------------- Einstein was born in Ulm on March 14, 1879. He spent his life in Munich, where his family owned a small shop that made electric machinery. He did not talk until he was three but even as a youth he showed a curiosity about nature and had the ability to understand difficult mathematical concepts. When he was 12, he taught himself Euclidean geometry. Einstein hated school in Munich. The family left Germany for Milan, Italy, …showed first 75 words of 423 total…

…showed last 75 words of 423 total…war, Einstein was active in the cause of international disarmament and world government. He continued his active support of Zionism but declined the offer made by leaders of the state of Israel to become president of that country. In the U.S. during the late 1940s and early '50s he spoke out on the need for the nation's intellectuals to make any sacrifice necessary to preserve political freedom. Einstein died in Princeton on April 18, 1955.