Hans Albert Einstein
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| Hans Albert Einstein | |
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| Born | Hans Albert Einstein May 14, 1904 Bern, Switzerland |
| Died | July 26, 1973 (aged 69) Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Residence |  Switzerland (1904-1926)  Germany (1926-1938)  USA (1938-1973) |
| Nationality | Switzerland (1904-1973) USA (1943-1973) |
| Occupation | Hydraulic engineer |
| Religious beliefs | Serbian Orthodox [1] |
| Spouse(s) | Frieda Knecht |
| Children | Bernhard Caesar, Klaus Martin and Evelyn Knecht |
| Parents | Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric |
| Relatives | Eduard Einstein, Lieserl Einstein |
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"I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram!"Albert Einstein in a letter to his son Hans Albert, June 1918
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Hans Albert Einstein (May 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973) was a professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the second child, and the first son, of renowned physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955) and his first wife Mileva Marić (1875–1948).
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[edit] Career
Hans Einstein received his Diploma in Civil Engineering and his Doctor of Technical Sciences degree from the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. He worked in Dortmund, Germany as a steel engineer before migrating to the United States in 1938. His main field of interest was the mechanics of the transportation of sediment by flowing water. His doctoral thesis was the seminal work on this subject. He joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley in 1947 and later became Professor of Hydraulic Engineering.
Einstein's "The Bed-Load Function for Sediment Transportation in Open Channel Flows" was an important advance in the study of sedimentation transport which is still cited in undergraduate courses.[1][2][3]
Einstein retired in 1970. His papers are available for research at the Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley.[4]
[edit] Honours
In tribute to Einstein's life-long contributions to the field, his former graduate students published a book of research in his honour in 1972, Sedimentation: Symposium to Honor Professor H.A. Einstein.
The University of California also awarded him the title: Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, Emeritus
In 1988 the American Society of Civil Engineers created the Hans Albert Einstein Award to recognize outstanding achievements in erosion control, sedimentation and/or waterway development.[5]
[edit] Family and personal
Hans Albert was born in Bern, Switzerland, where his father Albert Einstein worked as a clerk in the patent office. His younger brother Eduard Einstein was born in 1910 and died in 1965. The fate of his older sister, Albert Einstein's and Mileva Marić's first child, is unknown. Their parents divorced in 1919 after living apart for five years.
In 1927 he married Frieda Knecht. They had three children — Bernhard Caesar (b. 1930-2008), a physicist; Klaus Martin (1932–1938); and Evelyn (b. 1941, an adopted child). Frieda died in 1958, and Hans Albert later married Elizabeth Roboz.
Upon his death Hans Albert was buried near Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Module 4 References - The Archaeological Potential of Secondary Contexts
- ^ The Relation between Bedform Type, Vertical Sorting in Bedforms and Bedload Transport During Subsequent Discharge Waves in Large Sand Gravel Bed Rivers with Fixed Banks
- ^ http://eprint.uq.edu.au/archive/00002588/01/PAP_79B.pdf
- ^ Inventory of the Hans Albert Einstein Papers, 1937-1972
- ^ American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
[edit] Bibliography
- "The bed-load function for sediment transportation in open channel flows", Einstein, H. A., United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1026, Washington DC, 1950
- H. A. Einstein, Hsieh Wen Shen, Sedimentation: symposium to honor H. A. Einstein, edited and published by Wen Shen Hsieh, University of California, 1972
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