Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.:274 Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 March 1879
CityUlm, Germany
CountryGermany
Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.
Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are artists as well.
I believe my theory of relativity to be true. But it will only be proved for certain in 1981, when I am dead.
Understanding physics is child's play when compared to understanding child's play.
History is littered with examples of men who would become gods, but only one example of God becoming Man.
All men are ignorant, just in different fields.
I have survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
The man with the greatest soul will always face the greatest war with the low minded person.
Not all that counts, can be counted
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war.
Intelligence and genius
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.
Imagination without knowledge may create beautiful things, knowledge without imagination can create only perfect ones.