Albert Einstein Quotes about Science - Page 4

The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses.

The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses.

Atheist, Science, Expression

"Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear" by James Randerson, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2008.

[Mystery] is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Albert Einstein

Art, Science, Opening Your Mind

But if the longing for the achievement of the goal is powerfully alive within us, then shall we not lack the strength to find the means for reaching the goal and for translating it into deeds.

Albert Einstein

Religious, Mean, Science

Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,' and greater confidence in such a theory is certainly justified. There is less danger of going completely astray, particularly since it takes so much less time and effort to disprove such theories by experience. Yet more and more, as the depth of our knowledge increases, we must give up this advantage in our quest for logical simplicity in the foundations of physical theory.

Albert Einstein

Giving Up, Knowledge, Science

Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.349, Broadway Books

Classical thermodynamics ... is the only physical theory of universal content which I am convinced ... will never be overthrown.

Albert Einstein

Science, Theory, Universal

In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security on the basis of law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.

Albert Einstein

War, Science, World Government

If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.

Albert Einstein

Knowledge, Science, Should Have

Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods-in order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

Albert Einstein

Science, Fate, Blessing

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.

Albert Einstein

Science, Names, Remember

"Hyperspace". Book by Michio Kaku, 1995.

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.

Albert Einstein

Education, Science, Numbers

1970 Quoted in Life Magazine, 9 Jan.

I don't believe in mathematics.

Albert Einstein

Believe, Math, Science

Our world faces a crisis as yet unperceived by those possessing power to make great decisions for good or evil. The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

Albert Einstein

Science, Technology, Humanity

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

Albert Einstein

Science, Judgement, Kind

Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.22, Open Road Media

What a deep faith in the rationality of the structure of the world and what a longing to understand even a small glimpse of the reason revealed in the world there must have been in Kepler and Newton to enable them to unravel the mechanism of the heavens in long years of lonely work!

Albert Einstein

Lonely, Science, Years

Albert Einstein (2013). “Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb”, p.234, Princeton University Press

I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance [spukhafte Fernwirkungen].

Albert Einstein

Distance, Believe, Science

Of all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to except for the society of the true seekers, which has very few living members at any one time.

Albert Einstein

Science, Community, Want

[Misquotation; not by Einstein.] If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. [Apparently remorseful for his role in the development of the atom bomb.]

Albert Einstein

Knowledge, Science, Should Have

Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious.

Albert Einstein

Science, Subtle, Mathematical

Remark made at Princeton University, c.9 May 1921, in R. W. Clark 'Einstein' (1973) ch. 14

The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.

Albert Einstein

Science, Technology, Friendly

The best that Gauss has given us was likewise an exclusive production. If he had not created his geometry of surfaces, which served Riemann as a basis, it is scarcely conceivable that anyone else would have discovered it. I do not hesitate to confess that to a certain extent a similar pleasure may be found by absorbing ourselves in questions of pure geometry.

Albert Einstein

Science, May, Pleasure

The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket.

Albert Einstein

Science, Engineering, Experience

Mathematics deals exclusively with the relations of concepts to each other without consideration of their relation to experience.

Albert Einstein

Learning, Science, Discovery

Albert Einstein (2011). “The Theory of Relativity: and Other Essays”, p.4, Open Road Media

In conclusion I wish to say that in working at the problem here dealt with I have had the loyal assistance of my friend and colleague M. Besso, and that I am indebted to him for several valuable suggestions.

Albert Einstein

Science, Wish, Suggestions

Albert Einstein, Francis A. Davis (2013). “The Principle of Relativity”, p.72, Courier Corporation

If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

Albert Einstein

Teacher, Science, Men

Quoted in Reporter, 18 Nov. 1954

The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove that it corresponds to nature.' You are right, dear sceptic. Experience alone can decide on truth.

Albert Einstein

Science, Criticism, May

Albert Einstein (1954). “Ideas and Opinions: Based on Mein Weltbild”

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