Albert Einstein Poem by Paula Glynn

Albert Einstein born 14th of March 1879,
Ulm, the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, German Empire,
Having lived in life, places such as Italy,
Switzerland, Belgium and the United States,
A man always interested in his education,
A man fascinated by science,
All the information he could know and see,
Following into physics and quantum mechanics,
And also to have influence in the philosophy of science,

To think near the beginning of his career,
That Newtonian mechanics,
No longer able to reconcile with laws,
Of the electromagnetic field,
Leading Albert Einstein to,
Publish a paper on special theory of relativity,
Another paper to be published,
On the subject of general relativity,
The year 1916, and including,
Statistical mechanics and thermal,
Properties of light to lay down,
The foundation of the photon theory of light,
Other scientists to not be able,
To disagree and put up a fight,

Albert living in Switzerland between 1895 - 1914,
Bar one year in Prague,
And achieving a academic diploma,
From the Swiss polytechnic school,
The other students to realize him not a fool,
For he went onto being awarded a PhD,
The University of Zurich,
Making a legend happen,
Albert Einstein to turn the key,
Into the exciting world of science,

Adolf Hitler crossing paths with Albert Einstein,
Einstein not to return to Germany,
With his Jewish background,
Presenting a risk to his life,
For going there would be playing with a die,
But Albert Einstein had bigger fish to fry,

For Albert Einstein endorsed a letter,
To President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Claiming the potential development,
Of "extremely powerful bombs of a new type"
This discovery of warfare to destroy lives,
But the Eve of World War 2 on the cards,
And America wanted to be great,
Even if that meant to destroy,
Rather than create,

But Einstein also to denounce,
The idea of using nuclear fission as a weapon,
The good man knowing the danger,
British philosopher Bertrand Russell,
Working with him to stop the bombs,
But bombs that are still here today,
No one wanting the third world war to come,
Political matters to arise,
Conflict to happen, war never a surprise.

Albert Einstein publishing over 300 scientific papers,
Not being read by those time wasters,
With no skill at science and no interest,
In furthering knowledge and technology,
But Albert Einstein changed the world,
The world knowing his name,
Even after his death in 1955,
The world celebrates him,
The genius and wonderful,
Man and scientist that he will always be,
Theories the world to measure and see,
Just how far we can move humanity.