the wise words of...
Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)
on ...
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The World
People and Life
Math and Science and Education
Math and Science and Education:
- "Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it."
- "God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He
integrates
empirically."
- "The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of
everyday thinking."
- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of
a
pathological
criminal."
- "We can't solve problems by using the same
kind of thinking we
used when we created them."
- "Education is what remains
after one has forgotten everything he
learned in school."
- "Do not worry about
your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure
you mine are still greater."
-
"Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the
present, but an equation is
something for eternity."
- "If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z.
Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
- "As far as the laws of
mathematics refer to reality, they are not
certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to
reality."
- "Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our
politics
and our equations. But to me our equations are far more
important, for politics are only a matter of
present concern. A
mathematical equation stands forever."
- "...one of the
strongest motives that lead men to art and science
is escape from everyday life with its painful
crudity and
hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own
ever-shifting desires. A finely
tempered nature longs to escape
from the personal life into the world of objective perception and
thought."
- "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an
hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a
minute. THAT'S relativity."
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