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
I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values.
I thought of that while riding my bicycle.
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.
Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots
It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being.
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.
I have come to know the mutability of all human relationships and have learned to insulate myself against both heat and cold so that a temperature balance is fairly well assured.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
The chicken did not cross the road. The road passed beneath the chicken.
Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
All these constructions and the laws connecting them can be arrived at by the principle of looking for the mathematically simplest concepts and the link between them.