Albert Einstein Biography

Albert Einstein, Physicist
Occup.Physicist
FromGermany
SpousesMileva Marić (1903-1919)
Elsa Löwenthal (1919-1936)
BornMarch 14, 1879
Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
DiedApril 18, 1955
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
CauseAortic aneurysm
Aged76 years
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, a city in the Kingdom of Württemberg, which was then component of the German Empire. He grew up in a middle-class, nonreligious Jewish family members, with his dad Hermann Einstein, a sales person and designer, and also his mom, Pauline, a homemaker. The family members later on transferred to Munich, where Albert's more youthful sibling, Maja, was birthed.

In Munich, young Einstein attended the Luitpold Gymnasium, a prominent college for academically gifted pupils. Nevertheless, he encountered the school's stiff mentor design, which stifled his imagination and also love for understanding. At 15, he left the college without acquiring a diploma as well as moved to Switzerland. There, he finished his additional education and learning in Aarau, and also in 1896, he enrolled at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) to examine physics and also mathematics. While at the ETH, Einstein satisfied Mileva Marić, a fellow trainee from Serbia, and also both soon developed a charming connection.

Einstein graduated in 1900, as well as while searching for a teaching job, he approved a short-term position at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. He functioned there from 1902 to 1909, assessing license applications and also obtaining insight into a variety of technical gadgets. During this moment, he married Mileva (in 1903), and also the pair had 2 children, Hans Albert and also Eduard.

While operating at the license workplace, Einstein dedicated much of his free time to exploring basic inquiries in physics. In 1905, dubbed his annus mirabilis (wonder year), he released four groundbreaking documents on subjects such as the nature of light, the presence of molecules, as well as the mathematics of relativity. One of the most innovative of these was his paper on the unique concept of relativity, which developed the relationship between area and also time in physics.

Einstein's work attracted attention from the scientific neighborhood and quickly gained him a series of prominent scholastic positions. In 1909, he joined the University of Zurich, as well as in 1911, transferred to the German-speaking Charles University in Prague. A year later, he returned to ETH Zurich, just to be welcomed to join the exclusive Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Physics in Berlin in 1914.

In Berlin, Einstein continued to develop his general concept of relativity, a geometric concept of gravitation, which he completed and released in 1915. The theory was validated during a total solar eclipse in 1919, which moved Einstein to around the world fame. It was during this time around that his marital relationship with Mileva fell apart, as well as they separated in 1919. Not long after, Einstein married his cousin Elsa Löwenthal, with whom he had actually been having an affair.

In the 1920s as well as 1930s, Einstein transformed his interest towards the development of the quantum concept, which intended to define the actions of bits at the atomic and also subatomic degrees. Although he added dramatically to its growth, he revealed bookings about several of its concepts, famously stating, "God does not play dice with the universe".

In 1933, as Adolf Hitler climbed to power in Germany, Einstein, currently a famous Jewish intellectual, determined to leave the nation. He ultimately settled in the United States, signing up with the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He continued to work with numerous elements of physics and also advocated for globe peace as well as disarmament throughout the rest of his life.

Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 76. His life as well as work continue to profoundly affect not only the field of physics yet likewise our understanding of the universe and also its underlying concepts. The name "Einstein" has actually become associated with genius, and his discoveries have improved the means we perceive the globe around us.

Our collection contains 160 quotes who is written / told by Albert, under the main topics: Motivational - Success - Education - Imagination - Wisdom.

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160 Famous quotes by Albert Einstein

Small: The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely t
"The one who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been"
Small: Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters - Albert Einstein
"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters"
Small: We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us - Albert Einstein
"We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us"
Small: Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity - Albert Einstein
"Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity"
Small: My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slig
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind"
Small: It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge - Albert Einstein
"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge"
Small: If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed - Al
"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed"
Small: I want to know all Gods thoughts all the rest are just details - Albert Einstein
"I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details"
Small: I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world - Albert Einstein
"I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world"
Small: God does not play dice - Albert Einstein
"God does not play dice"
Small: When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems
"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"
Small: The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive - Albert Einstein
"The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive"
Small: The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing - Albert Einstein
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"
Small: The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax - Albert Einstein
"The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax"
Small: The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the
"The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms"
Small: Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much
"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking"
Small: Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character - A
"Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character"
Small: It is only to the individual that a soul is given - Albert Einstein
"It is only to the individual that a soul is given"
Small: The only real valuable thing is intuition - Albert Einstein
"The only real valuable thing is intuition"
Small: The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind - Albert Einstein
"The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind"
Small: It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder - Albert Einstein
"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder"
Small: To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imaginat
"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science"
Small: The world is a dangerous place to live not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who d
"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"
Small: The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking - Albert Einstein
"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking"
Small: The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge - Albert Einstein
"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge"
Small: It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome mans insecurit
"It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature"
Small: I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am ri
"I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right"
Small: He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large br
"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice"
Small: He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead his eyes are closed - Albert Ei
"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed"
Small: There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehen
"There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case"
Small: Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds - Albert Einstein
"Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds"
Small: Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn ones living at it - Albert Einstein
"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it"
Small: No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong - Albert Einstein
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong"
Small: Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it - Albert Einstein
"Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it"
Small: Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - h
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!"
Small: The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible - Albert Einstein
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible"
Small: Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one - Albert Einstein
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one"
Small: Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cann
"Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced"
Small: There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle you can live as if everything is a miracle
"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle"
Small: It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion - Albert Einstein
"It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion"
Small: I never think of the future - it comes soon enough - Albert Einstein
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough"
Small: God may be subtle, but he isnt plain mean - Albert Einstein
"God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean"
Small: You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created - Albert Einstein
"You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created"
Small: When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant m
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking"
Small: Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character - Albert Einstein
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character"
Small: Time is what prevents everything from happening at once - Albert Einstein
"Time is what prevents everything from happening at once"
Small: Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler - Albert Einstein
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler"
Small: There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is
"There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance"
Small: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science - A
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science"
Small: Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas - Albert Einstein
"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas"
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