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
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Since I do not foresee that atomic energy is to be a great boon for a long time, I have to say that for the present it is a menace. Perhaps it is well that it should be. It may intimidate the human race into bringing order into it's international affairs, which without the pressure of fear, it would not do.
Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
In art, and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavor. There is no true greatness in art or science without that sense of harmony.
The future is of greater interest to me than the past, since that is where I intend to spend the rest of my life.
There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.
Whatever your problems in math are, I assure mine are greater.
Imagination is greater than knowledge.
Scientific greatness is less a matter of intelligence than character; if the scientist refuses to compromise or accept incomplete answers and persists in grappling the most basic and difficult questions.
It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished.
A human being is part of a whole called by us the universe.
A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicty of its premises is.
Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego