Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist from Germany, widely known as one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is mostly known for developing the theory of relativity; His other important contribution is the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. He was born on 14 March 1879 – and died on 18 April 1955
Inventions of Albert Einstein
- His quantum theory of light (Nature of light is a particle or photon)
- The existence of atoms (The Brownian movement)
- His theory of special relativity(that length and time are not fixed and which is dependent of the observer’s frame of reference);
- E=MC2(Energy-mass relation with the speed of light) . According to Einstein, if we can convert a small amount of mass completely into energy, then it will be of much higher value.
Fun facts You Should Know About Einstein
1. He married the only female student in his physics class.
2. He paid his first wife his Nobel Prize money for a divorce.
3. He renounced his German citizenship when he was 16.
4. He had an illegitimate baby.
5. He had a 1,427-page FBI file.
6. He married his first cousin.
Top Albert Einstein Quotes of All Time
1.“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
2.“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
3. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
4. “The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
5.“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
6. “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.”
7. “Never memorize something that you can look up.”
8. “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
9. “Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
10. “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
11. “It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”
12. “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?”
13. “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
14. “We all know that light travels faster than sound. That’s why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.” “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.”
15. “If we knew what it was, we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
16. “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”. “I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”
17. “Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
18. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.”
19. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” “Love is a better master than duty.”
20. “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
21. “It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”. “What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”
22. “Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” “The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain, children, all our lives.”
23. “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.” “You never fail until you stop trying.”
24. “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
25. “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”. “Genius is 1% talent and 99% per cent hard work…”
26. “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and his feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
27. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
28. “Black holes are where God divided by zero.”
29. “If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is playing, and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
30. “Time is an illusion.”
31. “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
32. “If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
33. “When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.”
34. “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”
35. “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” “The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”
36. “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
37. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.”