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
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.
It is theory that decides what can be observed.
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working.
Watch the stars, and from them learn. To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground.
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Science is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
The question hat drives me hazy: Am I or the others crazy?
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Thus the partial differential equation entered theoretical physics as a handmaid, but has gradually become mistress.
X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.