I've recently acquired a special interest about this eminent physicist, whose name is commonly related (almost synonym) with the words "Scientist" and "Genius". Famous for the E = mc² equation, Einstein with his distinctive hairstyle, was and still is, the face often used to depict characters like "mad scientists" and "professors".
Here's a brief introduction of Einstein as described by Wikipedia. Albert Einstein (
/ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: [ˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪn] (
listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics.[2][3] Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Blah blah blah... blah blah blah....I did not understood a word. Well, science was never my favorite subject in school anyways.
What was it that fascinated me about this man? Not his Nobel prizes, nor his theories of relativity, nor the world-famous equation, but the words that were quoted from him, his philosophy, his understanding of life, made me curious of who this man really is - his family, his background and his ingenuity that was far beyond everyone else.
So here are some of the words that converted me to become a bit of his fan;
“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
“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.”
“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.”
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
“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.”
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.”
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
“Love is a better master than duty.”
I can go on and on about all of the quotes I'm raving about, because clearly, he became a man of value with his theories and his wise words.
Here is how he died and left a legacy,
On 17 April 1955, Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of anabdominal aortic aneurysm. instein refused surgery, saying: "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."[66] He died in Princeton Hospital early the next morning at the age of 76, having continued to work until near the end.
During the autopsy, the pathologist of Princeton Hospital, Thomas Stoltz Harvey, removedEinstein's brain for preservation without the permission of his family, in the hope that theneuroscience of the future would be able to discover what made Einstein so intelligent.[67]Einstein's remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered at an undisclosed location.[68][69]
In his lecture at Einstein's memorial, nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer summarized his impression of him as a person: "He was almost wholly without sophistication and wholly without worldliness . . . There was always with him a wonderful purity at once childlike and profoundly stubborn."May we all have the same innocence, stubbornness and the same sense of childlike faith about humans, nature and God.
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