This interactive timeline from the World Science Festival follows Einstein’s early progress from his brilliant but rebellious school days to his first job working as a clerk in a patent office in Bern, Switzerland, through to the announcement of Einstein’s special theory of relativity in 1905. It culminates with the solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, when astronomical observations prove Einstein's theory is correct. The timeline ends with a short video on general relativity presented by Brian Greene.