Albert Einstein - In 1904

This photo is of Albert Einstein, a young patent clerk in Berne. 

Lucien Chavan (1868 - 1942) - Albert's friend in Berne - took the picture (at the patent office) in 1904.  It was the year before his "Miracle Year" of 1905, when he published his first world-changing paper.

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Credits

The photo is in the public domain.  This version was NASA's "astronomy picture of the day" for December 19, 1995.