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The result of this

collaboration was DID YOU KNOW?
two new publications
Albert was made a
on Albert’s original German citizen again
theory of relativity. when he was elected to
the Prussian Academy
Albert received an of Sciences.
amazing opportunity

in 1915—a chance for a full
professorship at the University of Berlin.

One of the people responsible for making
this offer was Max Planck, a leading physicist

of the day. Planck was also a great believer in
Albert’s talents. Albert had received many offers

at this time, but the one from Berlin sounded
too good for him to pass up. First, he would only

have to teach whatever classes he chose (or none
at all, if he preferred). Second, right from the

start he would receive the highest possible
salary for a person in his position. Third,

he would become a member in the Prussian
Academy of Sciences, the most respected

scientific institution in Germany at the time.
Perhaps best of all, though, he would be

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