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 Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently
One should respect an honest person even if he expresses opinions differing from one's own.
No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.
A model should be as simple as it can be but no simpler
If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Why should i remember anything if i can just look it up?
Those instrumental goods which should serve to maintain the life and health of all human beings should be produced by the least possible labour of all.
I myself should also be dead already, but I am still here.
I should very much like to remain in the darkness of not having been analyzed.
[Misquotation; not by Einstein.] If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. [Apparently remorseful for his role in the development of the atom bomb.]
Things you can get access to, you should never memorize.
Science can only state what is, not what should be.
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.