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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Country Germany
Born Friday, 14 March 1879
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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory within physics. (Source: Wikipedia)

Quotes by Albert Einstein

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“I don't need to know everything, I just need to know where to find it, when I need it” Uncategorized
“It is this mythical, or rather symbolic, content of the religious traditions which is likely to come into conflict with science. This occurs whenever this religious stock of ideas contains dogmatically fixed statements on subjects which belong in the domain of science.” Uncategorized
“The perfection of means and the confusion of ends seems to be our problem.” Uncategorized
“Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.” Uncategorized
“We must be prepared to make the same heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war.” Uncategorized
“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.” Uncategorized
“the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages.” Uncategorized
“If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker.” Uncategorized
“I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the Earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.” Uncategorized
“The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.” Uncategorized
“I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.” Uncategorized
“It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.” Uncategorized
“It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.” Uncategorized
“It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.” Uncategorized
“The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.” Uncategorized
“Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.” Uncategorized
“Necessity is the mother of all invention.” Uncategorized
“As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.” Uncategorized
“A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind.” Uncategorized
“Earth is the insane asylum of the universe.” Uncategorized