Books and other Resources about Albert Einstein

>Albert Einstein was a German theoretical physicist who discovered the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.  He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”.  Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works, and received honorary doctorate degrees in science, medicine and philosophy from many European and American universities; he also wrote about various philosophical and political subjects.  His great intelligence and originality has made the word “Einstein” synonymous with genius.

Quotes Attributed to Albert Einstein:

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man’s actions.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Information is not knowledge.

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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 comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.