Human beings have a natural sense of curiosity. How does it work? Why does this happen? What makes this happen? Among us there will always be those who are committed to finding answers to questions like these and others. One of these people was Albert Einstein, perhaps one of the greatest human minds this world has ever known. Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 to Hermann and Pauline Einstein, in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany ("Albert Einstein"). Despite being Jewish, Einstein, his parents, and his sister Maja did not observe Jewish practices, and Albert actually attended a Catholic elementary school ("Albert Einstein"). Einstein early developed a strong love for mathematics and science, even teaching himself Euclidean geometry at the young age of twelve (“Albert Einstein”). In his adolescence, he attended Luitpold Gymnasium, where he frequently clashed with authorities and resented the school regime, writing even in his later years, "that the spirit of learning and creative thinking were lost in rigorous rote learning" ("Albert Einstein " ). Around this time he wrote his first scientific paper, "The Investigation of the State of the Aether in Magnetic Fields" ("Albert Einstein"). In 1895 he abandoned his high school studies to reunite with his family, who had since moved to Pavia and left him to complete his studies (“Albert Einstein”). Institute of Technology, being one of the few schools that did not require a high school diploma to attend (“Albert Einstein”). Einstein was required to take an entrance exam due to his lack of diploma, which he ultimately failed ("Albert Einstein"). He was then sent to a secondary school in Aarau, Switzerland, which he graduated... middle of paper... (Albert...Overview)On April 17, 1955, Albert Einstein died at the age of seventy-six, in Princetown , in New Jersey, for internal bleeding, triggered by the rupture of an aortic aneurysm. (Albert Einstein) Right before his cremation, Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey, a pathologist working at the hospital, curious as to what made Einstein so intelligent, removed his brain from his body without permission, although this was only revealed twenty years later. years later. (Albert Einstein) Einstein's ashes were scattered and thus ended the life of one of the most brilliant human minds in the world. Although Albert Einstein's life ended on that fateful day in April, he will live on through the many contributions he made to theoretical physics. A man of great creativity and perseverance, Einstein never stopped asking, "Why?" Perhaps humanity as a whole should start asking “why?” more often.