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
A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high order.
The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.
My pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting. My attitude is not derived from any intellectual theory but is based on my deepest antipathy to every kind of cruelty and hatred.
If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck
The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.
We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.
Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.
We sleep 1/3 of our lives away.
One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.
The faster you go, the shorter you are.