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
If you want to know the future, look at the past.
The individual feels the vanity of human desires and aims, and the nobility and marvelous order which are revealed in nature and in the world of thought. He feels the individual destiny as an imprisonment and seeks to experience the totality of existence as a unity full of significance.
If the bees disappear, man would have only four years of life left.
There is a race between mankind and the universe. Mankind is trying to build bigger, better, faster, and more foolproof machines. The universe is trying to build bigger, better, and faster fools. So far the universe is winning.
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiousity has its own reason for existing.
A problem defined, is a problem half solved.
The State is made for Mankind, not mankind for the state
No problem is ever solved in the same consciousness thas was used to create it.
Newton did not know what happened to the apple, and I can prove this when the next eclipse comes.
You believe in a God who plays dice, I in complete law and order.
I hate all the loathsome nonsense that goes with patriotism.
One cannot learn so well as by experiencing it oneself.
What physics looks for: The simplest possible system of thought which will bind together the observed facts.
Gravity is a response to geometry.