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
Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own.
It almost seems to me that man was not born to be a carnivore.
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
Fraulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.
That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don't notice that the time passes.
When Albert Einstein was asked what he would really like to know about the Universe he replied,'is it friendly?
In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.
It is my inner conviction that the development of science seeks in the main to satisfy the longing for pure knowledge.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift.
The individual who has experienced solitude will not easily become a victim of mass suggestion.
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.
We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library, whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different languages. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend but only dimly suspects.
The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can’t grasp them. There is a pattern in creation.
A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way, but intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.