Albert Einstein is one of the most famous faces in American history. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. As a child, Einstein revealed an Amazing, interest for the marvel of science. Einstein took music lessons, playing both the violin and piano, which followed him to adulthood. In 1905, while working as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland, Einstein had what came to be known as his "miracle year", It was during this time that the young physicist obtained his Doctorate degree and published four of his most influential research papers, including the Special Theory of Relativity. Ten years later, in 1915, Einstein completed his General Theory of Relativity and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.