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The embodiment of genius and the pre-eminent scientist of the modern age, his theories and discoveries have profoundly affected the way people view and understand the world and their place in it. Einstein was also known as a philosopher and humanist who was keenly interested in and concerned about the affairs of the world.

His sagacious, wise, and humorous quotations, letters, and articles are widely used throughout popular culture as well as in historical and academic works. Einstein’s name and image are instantly recognizable everywhere in the world.

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Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and the most famous scientist in human history. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. He is perhaps best known in popular culture for his mass/energy equivalence formula E=mc2. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his “services to theoretical physics”, and in particular his discovery of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory.

Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. As a child, he exhibited an extraordinary curiosity for and understanding of the mysteries of science. The young Einstein also took music lessons, playing both violin and piano; stoking a passion for music that he maintained throughout his life. Moving first to Italy and then Switzerland, the young prodigy graduated from high school in 1896.

In 1905, while working as a patent clerk in Bern, Switzerland, Einstein had what came to be known as his “Annus Mirabilis” (miracle year). It was during this time that the young physicist obtained his Doctorate degree and published four of his most influential research papers, including the Special Theory of Relativity, the Photoelectric Effect, Brownian Motion, and Mass/Energy Equivalence, and his worldwide fame was assured. In 1915, Einstein completed his General Theory of Relativity, and brought to the world a fuller understanding of the interaction of space, time and gravity.

Einstein emigrated to the United States in 1933. He accepted a professorship in Princeton, New Jersey at the prestigious institute for Advanced Study. He remained active in scientific, political and social matters until he passed away in 1955 at the age of 76.

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In 1999 Albert Einstein was recognized by TIME Magazine as the “Person of the Century”. Einstein’s intellect, along with his wise and passionate dedication to the causes of social justice and pacifism, left humanity with a fuller understanding of its place in the universe and with pioneering moral guidance for future generations.

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  • Einstein Quote
    Imagination is more important than knowledge.
    Knowledge is limited.
    Imagination encircles the world.
    Quoted in interview by G.S. Viereck, October 26, 1929.
    Reprinted in "Glimpses of the Great" (1930).
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    The important thing is to not stop questioning.
    Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
    From the memoirs of William Miller, an editor.
    Quoted in Life magazine, May 2, 1955.
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    The path to a lazy compromise
    is a one-way street.
    There is no U-turn and no stopping.
    To Johanna Fantova, October 9, 1948.
    One of three aphorisms sent to her. Einstein Archives 87-347
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    The value in the achievement lies in the achieving.
    To D. Liberson, October 28, 1950. Einstein Archives 60-297
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    Look into nature, and then you will understand it better.
    Quoted by Margo Einstein a letter to Carl Seelig, May 8, 1955.
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    If there is no price to be paid,
    it is also not of value.
    Aphorism, June 27, 1927. Einstein Archives 35-582.
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    People are like bicycles.
    They can keep their balance only
    as long as they keep moving.
    To son Eduard, February 5, 1930.
    Translated in Neffe, Einstein, 369. Einstein Archives 75-590
  • Einstein Quote
    I myself should be dead already, but I am still here.
    To E. Schaerer-Meyer, July 27, 1951. Einstein Archives 60-5025
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    If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.
    Quoted by Ernst Straus in French, Einstein: A Centenary Volume, 32
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    Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
    Quoted in The New York Times, June 20, 1932.
    Einstein Archives 29-041
  • Einstein Quote
    I am content in my later years.
    I have kept my good humor and take neither
    myself nor the next person seriously.
    To P. Moos, March 30, 1950.
    Einstein Archives 60-587
  • Einstein Quote
    If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z.
    Work is x, play is y and z is keeping
    your mouth shut.
    Said to Samuel J. Woolf in Berlin, Summer 1929.
    Published in The New York Times, August 18, 1929.
  • Einstein Quote
    I never think of the future.
    It comes soon enough.
    Aphorism, 1945-1946.
    Einstein Archives 36-570
  • Einstein Quote
    I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.
    Quoted in an interview from
    The New York Times, August 12, 1945

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