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Albert Einstein
(14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955)
German-American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
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~~[Variant]~~ Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
— Albert Einstein
This is a shortened variant seen for Einstein’s longer quote, “All of our exalted technological progress, civilization for that matter, is comparable to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.” Citation with original quote elsewhere on this web page.
After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.
— Albert Einstein
Remark (1923) as recalled in Archibald Henderson, Durham Morning Herald (21 Aug 1955) in Einstein Archive 33-257. Quoted in Alice Calaprice, The Quotable Einstein (1996), 171.
All of our exalted technological progress, civilization for that matter, is comparable to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal.
— Albert Einstein
Letter to Heinrich Zangger (Dec 1917), Collected Papers Vol. 8, 412, as cited in Jürgen Neffe, Einstein: A Biography (2007), 256.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
— Albert Einstein
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It is appallingly obvious that our technology exceeds our humanity.
— Albert Einstein
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It is not enough that you should understand about applied science in order that your work may increase man's blessings. Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavours... in order that the creations of our minds shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.
— Albert Einstein
Address to students of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (16 Feb 1931). In New York Times (17 Feb 1931), p. 6.
Our time is distinguished by wonderful achievements in the fields of scientific understanding and the technical application of those insights. Who would not be cheered by this? But let us not forget that human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life. Humanity has every reason to place the proclaimers of high moral standards and values above the discoverers of objective truth. What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the inquiring constructive mind.
— Albert Einstein
(Sep 1937). In Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman (eds.), Albert Einstein, the Human Side (1979), 70. The editors state that except being unrelated to “a ‘Preaching Mission’, nothing of any consequence is known of the circumstances that prompted its composition.”
Sufficient knowledge and a solid background in the basic sciences are essential for all medical students. But that is not enough. A physician is not only a scientist or a good technician. He must be more than that—he must have good human qualities. He has to have a personal understanding and sympathy for the suffering of human beings.
— Albert Einstein
From interview with Benjamin Fine, 'Einstein Stresses Critical Thinking', New York Times (5 Oct 1952), 37.
The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion.
— Albert Einstein
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The United States is the most powerful technically advanced country in the world to-day. Its influence on the shaping of international relations is absolutely incalculable. But America is a large country and its people have so far not shown much interest in great international problems, among which the problem of disarmament occupies first place today. This must be changed, if only in the essential interests of the Americans. The last war has shown that there are no longer any barriers between the continents and that the destinies of all countries are closely interwoven. The people of this country must realize that they have a great responsibility in the sphere of international politics. The part of passive spectator is unworthy of this country and is bound in the end to lead to disaster all round.
— Albert Einstein
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Working on the final formulation of technological patents was a veritable blessing for me. It enforced many-sided thinking and also provided important stimuli to physical thought. Academia places a young person under a kind of compulsion to produce impressive quantities of scientific publications–a temptation to superficiality.
— Albert Einstein
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- 14 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Einstein's birth.
- Albert Einstein - Context of “God … integrates empirically” quote - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - Context of “Laws of mathematics refer to reality” quote
- Albert Einstein - Context of “Laws of mathematics refer to reality” quote - with Large image (800 x 600 px).
- Albert Einstein - Context of “God … integrates empirically” quote - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote Mathematics…a product of human thought - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote Mathematics…a product of human thought - Large image (800 x 600 px)
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- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Politics is more difficult than physics” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Politics is more difficult than physics” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - My Theory - The Times (1919).
- Geometry and Experience - Address by Albert Einstein to the Prussian Academy of Sciences (27 Jan 1921).
- Even Einstein's Little Universe Is Big Enough - New York Times article (2 Feb 1921).
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- Albert Einstein - context of quote Imagination is more important than knowledge - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
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- Albert Einstein - context of quote A theory can be proved by experiment - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote A theory can be proved by experiment - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
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- Albert Einstein - context of quote That is relativity - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
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- Albert Einstein - context of quote “One thing I have learned in a long life” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
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- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Why is the electron negative?” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Why is the electron negative?” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “The formulation of a problem is often far more essential than its solution” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “The formulation of a problem is often far more essential than its solution” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Our exalted technological progress” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “Our exalted technological progress” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “There exists a passion for comprehension” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “There exists a passion for comprehension” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Albert Einstein - context of quote “An equation is for eternity” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
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- Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein, by Abraham Pais. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Albert Einstein.