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
Albert Einstein quotes about
An evening everyone agrees, is a lost evening.
Our technology has surpassed our humanity
I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and, also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field.
When I am judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.
The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.