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
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Education is the progressive realization of our ignorance.
The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike-and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in the hand of the pathological criminal.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Living Philosophies, 1931
According to this conception, the sole function of education was to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
There was this huge world out there, independent of us human beings and standing before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partly accessible to our inspection and thought. The contemplation of that world beckoned like a liberation.
There is not the slightest indication that (nuclear) energy will ever be obtainable.