Albert Einstein's life turned upside down at the age of five when he discovered the properties of a compass, and 20 years later he changed people's understanding of the Universe. He received the Nobel Prize - but not for the theory of relativity, but for his daring hypothesis about the corpuscular nature of light. A staunch pacifist and humanitarian, he did not participate in the creation of the atomic bomb, but asked President Roosevelt to fund research into uranium fission in the United States in order to beat Nazi Germany to the development of the fatal weapon. He ardently supported the Zionist movement, but rejected the offer to become President of Israel. Einstein was a loving father who adored his sons, but he forever hid the secret about his daughter. He knew how to make non-standard life decisions, had the ability for scientific insight with an unsurpassed play of imagination - this made him great.