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OCR: 1879 Born on 14 March in Ulm, Bavaria, but within a year of his birth his family move to Munich. The family move again, to Milan, Italy, when Einstein is age 15. 1900 Graduates in physics and mathematics from the Federal Polytechnic University, Zurich, Switzerland. 1901 Takes Swiss nationality. 1902 Starts work as an examiner at the Swiss Patent Office. During this time he starts to publish papers on the theoretical aspects of problems in physics. 1905 Puts forward his Special Theory of Relativity, which describes relative motion at constant velocities. He shows that strange phenomena, such as changes in size, mass, and the pace of time, become noticeable when velocities approach the speed of light. 1909 Appointed Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich, a po ...