Albert Einstein was a German mathematician and physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. In the following decade, he immigrated to the U.S. after being targeted by the German Nazi Party.

Did Albert Einstein do math?

He did fine in math, but he did flunk the entrance exam to the Zurich Polytechnic when he first took it — when he was about 1 1/2 years away from graduating high school, at age 16, and hadn't had a lot of French, the language in which the exam was given.

Was Albert Einstein a math genius?

Albert Einstein: Math Genius. Albert Einstein is perhaps the most recognizable name of all scientists and mathematicians. He is widely considered to be one of the most intelligent people in the world's history, and the name "Einstein" is even routinely used in place of the word "genius."