Albert Einstein believed that the imagination is more important than. Einstein and the technology of the future And the world will get a generation of idiots
Theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics, Nobel Prize winner in physics in 1921, humanist public figure. Lived in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. Honorary doctor of about 20 leading universities in the world, a member of many Academies of Sciences, including a foreign honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Special Relativity (1905).
Within its framework - the law of the relationship of mass and energy: ( E=mc2).
General Theory of Relativity (1907-1916).
Quantum theory of the photoelectric effect.
Quantum theory of heat capacity.
Bose-Einstein quantum statistics.
Statistical theory of Brownian motion, which laid the foundations for the theory of fluctuations.
Theory of stimulated emission.
Theory of light scattering on thermodynamic fluctuations in a medium.
He also predicted gravitational waves and "quantum teleportation", predicted and measured the Einstein-de Haas gyromagnetic effect. Since 1933 he worked on problems of cosmology and unified field theory. Actively opposed the war, against the use of nuclear weapons, for humanism, respect for human rights, mutual understanding between peoples.
Quotes, aphorisms and sayings
Those who have never made mistakes have never tried something new.
There are only two infinite things: the universe and stupidity. Although I'm not sure about the universe.
Everyone knows it's impossible. But here comes an ignoramus who does not know this - it is he who makes the discovery.
The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to the former.
I don't know with what weapons the third world war will be fought, but the fourth - with sticks and stones.
If a messy desk means a messy mind, then what does an empty desk mean?
There are only two ways to live life. The first is that miracles do not exist. The second - as if there were only miracles around.
The world is dangerous, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
When you sit next to a pretty girl, an hour seems like a minute, and when you sit on a hot frying pan, a minute seems like an hour.
If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
Logic will take you from point A to point B. Imagination will take you anywhere.
The world is dangerous not because some people do evil, but because some see it and do nothing.
We are all geniuses. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is a fool.
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 survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
It is better to believe than not to believe, because with faith everything becomes possible.
I'm too crazy not to be a genius.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the whole world, stimulating progress, generating evolution.
Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works ... and no one knows why!
The goal of the school should always be the education of a harmonious personality, and not a specialist.
If the theory of relativity is confirmed, then the Germans will say that I am a German, and the French that I am a citizen of the world; but if my theory is refuted, the French will declare me a German, and the Germans a Jew.
Only those who make absurd attempts can achieve the impossible.
The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
Strive not to succeed, but to ensure that your life has meaning.
Education is what remains after everything learned in school is forgotten.
The question that baffles me: am I crazy or is everyone around me?
Anyone who wants to see the results of his work immediately should become a shoemaker.
Coincidence keeps God anonymous.
Order is needed only by a fool, genius rules over chaos.
Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But it's not like that at all...
To win, you must first play.
Imagination is the most important thing, it is a reflection of what we attract into our lives.
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Once, in a correspondence with Charlie Chaplin, Einstein remarked admiringly: “Your film “Gold Rush” is understood all over the world, and you will certainly become a great person.” Chaplin answered him: “I admire you even more. Nobody understands your theory of relativity, and yet you have become a great man.”
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- There are only two infinite things: the universe and stupidity. Although I'm not sure about the universe.
- Only a fool needs order - genius rules over chaos.
- Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works... and no one knows why!
- There are only two ways to live life. The first is that miracles do not exist. The second - as if there were only miracles around.
- Education is what remains after everything learned in school is forgotten.
- We are all geniuses. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is a fool.
- Only those who make absurd attempts can achieve the impossible.
- I don't know with what weapons the third world war will be fought, but the fourth - with sticks and stones.
- Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the whole world, stimulating progress, generating evolution.
- It makes no sense to keep doing the same thing and expect different results.
- You will never solve a problem if you think in the same way as those who created it.
- Anyone who wants to see the results of his work immediately should become a shoemaker.
- Everyone knows it's impossible. But here comes an ignoramus who does not know this - it is he who makes the discovery.
- Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must move.
- The mind, once expanded its boundaries, will never return to the former.
- Seasickness is caused by people, not the sea. But, I'm afraid, science has not yet found a cure for this disease.
- A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
- Strive not to succeed, but to ensure that your life has meaning.
- Mathematics is the only perfect way to fool yourself.
- The more my fame, the more stupid I become; and this is undoubtedly the general rule.
- If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
- International laws exist only in collections of international laws.
- Coincidence keeps God anonymous.
- The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
- I survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
- The question that baffles me: am I crazy or is everyone around me?
- I never think about the future. It comes by itself soon enough.
- The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible.
- A person who has never made mistakes has never tried anything new.
- All people lie, but it's not scary, no one listens to each other.
- If the theory of relativity is confirmed, then the Germans will say that I am a German, and the French that I am a citizen of the world; but if my theory is refuted, the French will declare me a German, and the Germans a Jew.
- Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But not at all.
- Imagination is the most important thing, it is a reflection of what we attract into our lives.
- I'm too crazy not to be a genius.
- To break through a wall with your forehead, you need either a large run-up or a lot of foreheads.
- If you cannot explain something to a six-year-old child, you yourself do not understand it.
- Logic can take you from point A to point B, and imagination can take you anywhere...
- To win, you must first play.
- Never memorize what you can find in a book.
- If a messy desk means a messy mind, then what does an empty desk mean?
God
God does not play dice.
Our mathematical difficulties don't bother God. It integrates empirically.
Before God, we are all equally wise - or equally stupid.
The Lord God is sophisticated, but not malicious.
Coincidence keeps God anonymous.
Marriage
Marriage is an unsuccessful attempt to turn an accidental episode into something permanent.
Possibilities
Opportunity lurks in the midst of hardships and problems.
War
The war has been won, but not the peace.
I do not know what kind of weapons the third world war will be fought with, but it is quite obvious that the fourth will be fought only with sticks and stones.
Time
The only reason for the existence of time is so that everything does not happen at the same time.
stupidity
Only the Universe and human stupidity are infinite, while I have doubts about the infinity of the first of them.
Life
Only the life that is lived for the sake of other people is worthy.
If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
Life is sacred; it is, so to speak, the supreme value to which all other values are subordinate.
A person begins to live only when he manages to surpass himself.
Laws
The laws of mathematics that have anything to do with the real world are unreliable; and reliable mathematical laws have nothing to do with the real world.
International laws exist only in collections of international laws.
Knowledge
How much we know and how little we understand.
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing, however, as well as great.
Ideal
It is high time to replace the ideal of success with the ideal of service.
Goodness, beauty and truth were the ideals that illuminated my path and gave me courage and courage.
True
Truth is that which stands the test of experience.
The search for truth is more important than the possession of truth.
I think it is especially important to share different ways of comprehension of the truth. By this I mean that our moral inclinations and tastes, our sense of beauty and religious instincts, contribute to helping our thinking faculty to reach its highest achievements.
Logics
Logic can take you from point A to point B, and imagination can take you anywhere.
Lie
It is not easy to say what the truth is, but lies are often easy to recognize.
People
If people are good only because of the fear of punishment and the desire for reward, then we really are pathetic creatures.
World
The eternal mystery of the world is its knowability. The very fact of this knowability is a miracle.
The most incomprehensible thing about this world is that it is comprehensible.
Morality
The moral qualities of a remarkable man are of more importance for his generation and for the historical process than purely intellectual achievements. These latter themselves depend on the greatness of the spirit, a greatness that usually remains unknown.
The science
Science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the desire for truth and understanding. But the source of this feeling comes from the realm of religion. From there - the belief in the possibility that the rules of this world are rational, that is, comprehensible to the mind. I can't imagine a real scientist without a strong belief in this. Figuratively, the situation can be described as follows: science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind.
The only thing my long life has taught me is that all our science in the face of reality looks primitive and childishly naive - and yet this is the most valuable thing we have.
One of the criteria for the truth of scientific knowledge is the internal perfection of the theory.
The process of scientific discovery is, in essence, a continuous flight from miracles.
There is always an element of poetry in scientific thinking. Real science and real music require a uniform thought process.
Science is not and never will be a finished book. Every major success brings new questions. Every development reveals in the course of time ever newer and deeper difficulties.
Science is a drama of ideas.
Moral
The only thing that can direct us to noble thoughts and actions is the example of great and morally pure personalities.
About Me
I survived two wars, two wives and Hitler.
I am a deeply religious atheist. We can say that this is a kind of new religion.
Education
The only thing that prevents me from studying is the education I received.
Nature
I have never ascribed to Nature any purpose, deliberate intention, or anything that can be given an anthropomorphic interpretation. Nature is a majestic edifice, which we are only able to comprehend very incompletely, and which arouses in the soul of a thinking person a feeling of humble humility. This truly reverent feeling has nothing to do with mysticism.
Problems
No problem can be solved at the same level at which it arose.
Progress
The real progress of mankind depends not so much on the inventive mind as on consciousness.
Technological progress is like an ax in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Religion
Religion, Art and Science are branches of the same tree.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more obvious it seems to me that the path to true religiosity lies not through the fear of life, the fear of death, or blind faith, but through the striving for rational knowledge.
Liberty
The freedom of a person in the modern world is similar to the freedom of a person solving a crossword puzzle: theoretically, he can enter any word, but in fact he must enter only one in order for the crossword puzzle to be solved.
Force
Strength always attracts people of low moral character.
Glory
The more my fame, the more stupid I become; and this is undoubtedly the general rule.
Words
Words were and remain an empty sound; and, serving the ideal only in words, it is impossible to die for it. But personality is created not by what a person hears and says, but by labor and activity.
Death
After all, it's good to die too.
I have learned to look at death as an old debt that must be paid sooner or later.
Conscience
Never act against your conscience, even if the public interest requires it.
Happiness
If you want to lead a happy life, you must be attached to a goal, not to people or things.
Work
Anyone who wants to see the results of his work immediately should become a shoemaker.
Mind
The goal of all activity of the intellect is to transform some "miracle" into something comprehended.
Doctrine
The only sensible way to educate people is to set an example for them.
Scientists
Since we scientists have the tragic fate of increasing still further the monstrous effectiveness of the means of destruction, it is our most solemn and noble duty to prevent by all means the use of these weapons for the cruel purposes for which they were invented.
A scientist is like a mimosa when he made a mistake himself, and a roaring lion when he discovers a mistake in others.
Target
No end is so lofty as to justify the unworthy means to achieve it.
Values
Nothing of value can be born out of ambition or a sense of duty. Values arise due to love and devotion to people and the objective realities of this world.
Human
Each person is obliged, at least, to return to the world as much as he took from it.
A person can find meaning in life only by devoting himself to society.
A happy person is too satisfied with the present to think too much about the future.
A person is a part of the whole, which we call the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He feels himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest of the world, which is a kind of optical illusion. This illusion has become a prison for us, limiting us to the world of our own desires and attachment to a narrow circle of people close to us. Our task is to free ourselves from this prison, expanding the scope of our participation to every living being, to the whole world, in all its splendor. No one will be able to complete such a task, but the very attempts to achieve this goal are part of the liberation and the basis for inner confidence.
Humanity
Humanity has every reason to place the heralds of moral values higher than the discoverers of scientific truths.
Ethics
Ethical human behavior must be based on empathy, education, and community relations. No religious basis is required for this.
on other topics
Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientific thinker, more than Gauss.
The most difficult thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
In response to the question why people were able to create atomic weapons, but cannot establish control over them: - It's very simple, my dears: because politics is much more complicated than physics.
In my youth, I discovered that the big toe sooner or later makes a hole in the sock. So I stopped wearing socks.
Great personalities are always met with violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, while imagination embraces the whole world, stimulating progress, generating evolution.
The question that baffles me: "Am I crazy, or is everyone else?"
Everything is very simple. All people think that this is impossible. But there is one daredevil who does not agree with this.
Everything should be simplified as much as possible, but no more.
Do you really think the moon only exists when you look at it?
Do you think all that simple? Yes, it's simple. But not at all.
Outstanding personalities are formed not through beautiful speeches, but by their own work and its results.
Highest musicality in the field of thought.
The highest task of the physicist is the search for such highly universal laws from which, with the help of pure deduction, a picture of the world can be obtained. There is no logical path leading to such laws. They can only be obtained through intuition based on a phenomenon similar to intellectual love for objects of experience.
Two kinds of soap is too complicated for me.
If I knew that in three hours I must die, it would not make a great impression on me. I would think about how best to use these three hours.
If philosophy is understood as the search for knowledge in its most general and broadest form, then it can obviously be considered the mother of all scientific searches. But it is also true that the various branches of science in turn have a strong influence on those scientists who study them, and, moreover, have a strong influence on the philosophical thinking of each generation.
If the theory of relativity is confirmed, then the Germans will say that I am a German, and the French that I am a citizen of the world; but if my theory is refuted, the French will declare me a German, and the Germans a Jew.
Why should I memorize something when I can easily look it up in a book.
Common sense is the sum of prejudices acquired before the age of eighteen.
The idea of a personified deity has never been close to me and seems rather naive.
When a blind bug crawls along the plane of the ball, it does not notice that the path it is making is curved. I managed to notice it.
When I study myself and my way of thinking, I come to the conclusion that the gift of imagination and fantasy meant more to me than any ability to think abstractly. Dreaming about everything you could achieve in life is an important element of a positive life. Let your imagination run wild and create the world you want to live in.
Mathematics is the most perfect way to lead oneself by the nose.
My husband is a genius! He knows how to do absolutely everything except money.
Seasickness is caused by people, not the sea. But, I'm afraid, science has not yet found a cure for this disease.
Nationalism is a childhood disease. This is the measles of humanity.
Our position on earth is truly amazing. Everyone appears on it for a short moment, without a clear goal, although some manage to come up with a goal. But from the point of view of everyday life, one thing is clear: we live for other people - and most of all for those on whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.
Do not deify the intellect. He has powerful muscles, but no face.
No amount of experimentation can prove a theory; but one experiment is enough to refute it.
No one itches unless they itch.
Nothing will bring such benefits to human health and will not increase the chances of preserving life on Earth as the spread of vegetarianism.
I fear that the day will surely come when technology will surpass simple human communication. Then the world will get a generation of idiots.
The liberated energy of the atomic nucleus has called into question many things, including our way of thinking. If man is still unable to think in a new way, we will inevitably move towards an unprecedented catastrophe.
The pioneers of a world without wars are young people who refuse to serve in the army.
With such harmony in the cosmos, which I, with my limited human mind, is able to realize, there are still people who say that there is no God. But what really angers me is that they quote me in support of such views.
Forgive me, Newton.
Solving physical problems is child's play compared to scientific psychological research is child's play.
The word "God" for me is just a manifestation and product of human weaknesses, and the Bible is a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends, which, nevertheless, are rather childish. No, even the most sophisticated, interpretation can change this (for me).
Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.
Perfect means for obscure ends are a characteristic feature of our time.
Reports about my religiosity are pure lies. Lies that are persistently repeated! I don't believe in a personalized God. I expressed my attitude towards God clearly and never backed down from my words. If some of my statements may seem religious to someone, then this is probably my boundless admiration for the structure of the universe, as far as our science can comprehend it.
The ability to perceive that incomprehensible to our mind, which is hidden under direct experiences, whose beauty and perfection reach us only in the form of a reflected weak echo - this is religiosity. In that sense, I'm religious." In this sense, I am also religious, with the amendment that "incomprehensible" does not mean "closed to comprehension."
Strive not to succeed, but to ensure that your life has meaning.
Theory is when everything is known, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but no one knows why. We combine theory and practice: nothing works and no one knows why!
Only those who make absurd attempts can achieve the impossible.
He who marches contentedly to the music in the ranks has already earned my contempt. He was endowed with a brain by mistake; a spinal cord would have been enough for him. This shame of civilization must be ended. Heroism on command, senseless cruelty and disgusting senselessness called patriotism - how much I hate all this, how low and vile war is. I'd rather be torn to pieces than be part of this dirty act. I am convinced that murder under the pretext of war does not cease to be murder.
I do not believe in a God who rewards and punishes, in a God whose goals are molded from our human goals. I do not believe in the immortality of the soul, although weak minds, possessed by fear or absurd selfishness, find refuge in such a belief.
I never think about the future. It comes by itself soon enough.
I want to be cremated so people don't come to worship my bones.
I feel so in solidarity with everything that lives that it makes no difference to me where the individual begins and ends.
Do you have a notebook to write down your brilliant thoughts?
- Brilliant thoughts come to mind so rarely that they are easy to remember.
Einstein is a minion of fate. His theory of relativity revolutionized our understanding of space and time. But he received the Nobel Prize for his work on the theory of the photoelectric effect. Maybe this is true, because the quantum revolution is more abruptly relativistic in its consequences. And that Einstein's Nobel work, together with Planck's earlier work, laid the foundations of quantum theory. Although Einstein himself never came to terms with the fundamental importance of quantum mechanics and did not accept it, he remained true to the classical picture of the world that "God does not play dice."
But there was also the third "golden" work of Einstein in 1905 - on the theory of Brownian motion. The conclusions of this work were confirmed in subsequent experiments by Perrin, which finally established the reality of the existence of atoms - an event very important for science at the beginning of the twentieth century. However, the glory of the theory of relativity soon overshadowed this achievement of Einstein, and it is less known to the general public, who are unaware of what a technological marvel can grow from the study of Brownian motion.
In 1959, Feynman predicted in his famous lecture that humanity would soon learn to control matter at the atomic and molecular level. Today, nanotechnology is a magic word that determines the vector of future technology development. Already, more than a thousand enterprises are engaged in the production of nanoproducts. But for ultra-small devices, Brownian motion is an indisputable fact and seems to be an insurmountable obstacle: try riding a bicycle during a hurricane. After all, molecules bombard miniature objects with breathtaking frequency. How can nanodevices function successfully in such conditions?
But nature created nanomachines a long time ago - any living cell contains them in large quantities. And these nanomachines work exceptionally efficiently and reliably. How do they manage to resist Brownian motion? The secret is simple: they don't fight Brownian motion, they use it.
Imagine a miniature windmill of molecular dimensions. Molecules randomly bombard the propeller blades, and the wheel turns this way and that, but at the other end of the axle there is a ratchet with a pawl that allows the wheel to turn only in one direction. As a result, we get a Brownian motor, which, as it were, straightens the Brownian movement and rotates only in one direction.
Feynman showed that at thermal equilibrium such a device would not work as required by the second law of thermodynamics. The fact is that the miniature spring that presses the pawl also twitches randomly due to thermal fluctuations and the ratchet cannot be
