Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist whose work revolutionized the scientific understanding of space, time, energy, and matter. His 1905 papers on Brownian motion, the photoelectric effect, and special relativity transformed physics, and his 1915 general theory of relativity replaced Newton's account of gravitation with a geometric theory of spacetime. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. After fleeing Germany in 1933 he settled at Princeton, where he wrote widely on the philosophy of science, the moral implications of the atomic bomb he had helped to make possible, and the ethical foundations of public life.
Key facts
- Nationality
- German-American
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Continental
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Albert Einstein:
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world.”
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Attributed to Albert Einstein:
“Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.”
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Attributed to Albert Einstein:
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”
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Attributed to Albert Einstein:
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
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Attributed to Albert Einstein:
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”