Get Brainy With This Albert Einstein Quiz

Einsteinium is a synthetic element first identified in 1952 by Albert Ghiorso and others at the University of California, Berkeley. Part of the actinoid series, it has an atomic number of 99 and the chemical symbol "Es."

In the 1930s, Einstein accepted an offer to become a resident scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Soon after, he purchased a home at 112 Mercer Street, where he lived until his death in 1955. The house was designated a national historic landmark in 1976, but was not publicized as such at the time, per Einstein's wishes.

The 1994 romantic comedy "I.Q." starred Oscar-winning actor Walter Matthau as a fictionalized version of Einstein. Meg Ryan played his niece, a Princeton University doctoral candidate who falls in love with a mechanic (Tim Robbins).

After receiving a teaching degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1900, Einstein got a job at a Swiss patent office. While there, he wrote several of his most important papers, including his doctoral thesis, "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions," which he submitted in 1905. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich not long after.

Einstein is best known for his scientific theories, but he loved to tinker with things, too. Among his inventions were a camera that adjusted to light on its own, a fridge with an electromagnetic pump, and an electro-acoustic hearing aid.

Though she is famous for her association with Einstein, Mileva Maric was fascinating in her own right. She was a physicist, just like her husband, and many believe her influence may have helped with some of his biggest discoveries.

Though Einstein is most famous for his theory of relativity, the public still wasn’t totally sold on the theory in 1921. That's why Einstein won his Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect — though he went ahead and lectured on relativity in his acceptance speech anyway.

In 1931, Einstein met with Edwin Hubble at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles to discuss space and cosmology. While Einstein had previously imagined a static universe, Hubble concluded that the universe is actually expanding.

A known movie buff, Einstein met and hit it off with silent film star Charlie Chaplin on a visit to the U.S. around 1930. They quickly became friends, and in 1931, Chaplin invited the scientist to accompany him to the premiere of his movie "City Lights."

After Einstein graduated in 1900, he struggled to find a job in academia, eventually landing at a Swiss patent office in 1902. The position turned out to be a good one for him, as it allowed him a lot of time to do his own work. In fact, he published four of his best-known papers while working at the patent office, including the one where he introduced E=mc².

Einstein's wishes were to be cremated. However, after he died in 1955, a pathologist at Princeton University took Einstein's brain during the autopsy. The pathologist did obtain permission from Einstein’s son, but most of the studies conducted on Einstein’s brain were discredited.

Einstein and physicist Mileva Maric separated nine years before they divorced, and part of the separation agreement stated that Maric would receive some proceeds from the Nobel Prize that Einstein was sure he'd eventually win. He was right — after he received the prize in 1921, he gave a big chunk of the winnings to his former wife.

When Israeli leader Chaim Weizmann died in 1952, the country decided to hedge its bets on one of the world's most famous Jewish thinkers, and offered to make Einstein its second president. Einstein humbly declined, saying he lacked the necessary "natural aptitude" and "experience" for the role.

Einstein has many famous quotes, including "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Beyond his scientific discoveries, he was known for his imaginative and inquisitive mind, and his interest in many different subjects.

Albert Einstein was born in Germany, but he didn’t have much national pride. He renounced his German citizenship in 1896 after leaving to avoid the draft, and was vocally critical of Germany following the events of World War II.

Einstein first started playing the violin at age 5, and he turned to the instrument throughout his life when he wanted to relax. He also used music to stay focused: According to his wife Elsa, when Einstein was struggling with a scientific theory he would play chords on the piano to regain focus.

"Star Wars" makeup supervisor Stuart Freeborn had a picture of Einstein hanging on his office wall, which ultimately guided Yoda's trademark crinkly eyes and wrinkly skin. According to special-effects artist Nick Maley, Yoda's original look was spritely and grasshopper-like, but over time he was given a more wizened look.

Einstein's theory of general relativity, which explains the relationship between gravity and the behavior of objects in space and time, laid important groundwork for German physicist Karl Schwarzschild, who used the theory to predict the existence of what we now know as black holes. Interestingly, Einstein himself was skeptical that such a phenomenon could exist in the real world.

Often called "Einstein's Big Idea," E = mc² stands for energy = mass times the speed of light squared. Derived from Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, the equation shows that energy and mass (i.e. all matter) are different forms of the same thing — a new concept at the time, and one that would have an enormous impact on the world.

March 14 is Pi Day, in honor of the mathematical constant pi. (The first three digits of pi are 3.14 — hence, Pi Day is observed on 3/14.) The date is also significant for another reason, though: It's Einstein's birthday. Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany. Pi Day wasn't officially celebrated until much later — the first known observance was in 1988 — but today the two occasions go hand-in-hand.