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1879–1955
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a Jewish German theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics and to Atomic Theory.
Also known as: Albert einstein, Einstein, Einstein's razor, Einstein, Albert, God doesn't play dice
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For those of us who believe in physics, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however tenacious this illusion may be.
Zero-point energy is now dead as a doornail.
In human freedom in the philosophical sense I am definitely a disbeliever. Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity.
Mein Weltbild (My World-view) (1931)
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.
I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one.
I have also considered many scientific plans during my pushing you around in your pram!
I take it to be true that pure thought can grasp the real, as the ancients had dreamed.
In order to be a perfect member of a flock of sheep, one has to be, foremost, a sheep.
Essay to Leo Baeck (1953)
My political ideal is Democratic ... Force always attracts men of low morality.
How can the rights of the individual be protected and therewith a democratic counterweight to the power of bureaucracy be assured?
Why Socialism? (1949)
Our experience hitherto justifies us in trusting that nature is the realization of the simplest that is mathematically conceivable.
Ethical axioms are founded and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.
Einstein and the Poet (1983)
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
He must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings in order to acquire a proper relationship to individual fellow-men and to the community.
What is significant in one's own existence one is hardly aware, and it certainly should not bother the other fellow. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?
I am against any nationalism, even in the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated personality cult.
My Credo (1932)
It is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it.
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
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