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
You can't use an old map to explore a new world.
Once you stop learning, you start dying
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
Arrows of hate have been aimed at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I have no connection whatsoever.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation.
I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments
It is better to believe than to disbelieve; in doing you bring everything to the realm of possibility.
Nobody knows how the stand of our knowledge about the atom would be without him. Personally, [Niels] Bohr is one of the amiable colleagues I have met. He utters his opinions like one perpetually groping and never like one who believes himself to be in possession of the truth.
We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.
Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.