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
Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.
One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly disco
To the extent math refers to reality, we are not certain; to the extent we are certain, math does not refer to reality.
Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.
I don't believe in mathematics.
But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.
You think you have troubles with mathematics . . . I assure you mine are still bigger.
The creative principle [of science] resides in mathematics.
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?
Mathematics deals exclusively with the relations of concepts to each other without consideration of their relation to experience.
I never failed in mathematics. Before I was fifteen I had mastered differential and integral calculus.
The more I study physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.