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
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.
The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
Everything has changed, except our way of thinking.
If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think barter is a noble thing.
If God has created the world, his primary worry was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us
Everybody should be ashamed who uses the wonders of science and engineering without thinking and having mentally realized not more of it than a cow realizes of the botany of the plants which it eats with pleasure.
The most important function of art and science is to Awaken the cosmic religious feeling and keep it alive.
Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.
A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.
Nothing that I can do will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes -- goodwill among men and peace on earth.