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
In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god, that is, give up that source of fear and hope which in the past placed such vast power in the hands of priests. In their labors they will have to avail themselves of those forces which are capable of cultivating the Good, the True, and the Beautiful in humanity itself. This is, to be sure, a more difficult but an incomparably more worthy task...
Since others have explained my theory, I can no longer understand it myself.
On quantum theory I use up more brain grease (rough translation of German idiom) than on relativity.
The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion.
I never failed in mathematics. Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus.
But then, after all, we are all alike, for we are all derived from the monkey.
Who would have thought around 1900 that in fifty years time we would know so much more and understand so much less.
There has been an earth for a little more than a billion years. As for the question of the end of it I advise: Wait and see!
What is significant in one's own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?
Make a lot of walks to get healthy and don't read that much but save yourself some until you're grown up.
My God may not be your idea of God, but one thing I know of my God he makes me a humanitarian. I am a proud Jew because we gave the world the Bible and the story of Joseph.
Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.
I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram!
Science can only state what is, not what should be.