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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) was a German-born Jewish theoretical physicist. He is best known for developing the theory of relativity. He had renounced German citizenship in 1896 and then became stateless until 1901 when he acquired Swiss citizenship and remained a Swiss citizen until his death. Nevertheless, he had multiple citizenship of several other countries - Austro-Hungarian citizenship briefly between 1911 and 1912; German citizen again from 1914 to 1933, as a citizen of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia and the Weimar Republic; and naturalized American citizen in 1940.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.
- Out of My Later Years
  • Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
- Out of My Later Years
  • The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
- Out of My Later Years
  • God does not play dice with the universe.
- saying
  • Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht.
(God is subtle, but he is not malicious.)
- inscription in Fine Hall, Princeton University.
  • Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.
- Evolution of Physics
  • Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as s rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
- The Evolution of Physics
  • Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- On Science
  • I don't believe in mathematics.
- quoted in Carl Seelig, Albert Einstein
  • The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
- What I Believe
  • Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.
- quoted in The Reader's Digest, November 1973
  • Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- quoted in The Reader's Digest, October 1977

Mabel Dodge

Nearby pages
Albert I, Albert II, Albert III, Albert John Luthuli, Albert Medal

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