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"I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional [[Atheism|atheist]] whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being." - Albert Einstein<ref name="Isaacson390">Isaacson, Walter (2008). [http://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&pg=PT390 ''Einstein: His Life and Universe''] (New York: Simon and Schuster), p. 390.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on February 19, 2015.</ref>]]

"I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional [[Atheism|atheist]] whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being." - Albert Einstein<ref name="Isaacson390">Isaacson, Walter (2008). [http://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&pg=PT390 ''Einstein: His Life and Universe''] (New York: Simon and Schuster), p. 390.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on February 19, 2015.</ref>]]

'''Albert Einstein''' (1879-1955) was the most famous [[physicist]] of the 20th century, who however self-described himself to be “more of a [[philosopher]] than a physicist”.<ref name="Capria">{{cite book |author=Marco M. Capria, Aubert Daigneaut et al. |title=Physics Before and After Einstein |publisher=IOS Press |year=2005 |chapter=1. Albert Einstein: A Portrait |pages=12|isbn=1-58603-462-6 |url=www.dmi.unipg.it/~mamone/pubb/PBAE.pdf |quote=To his collaborator Leopold Infeld he said: “I am really more of a philosopher than a physicist” [17, p. 258].}}</ref> He was born in Ulm, in Württemberg, [[Germany]] in a [[Judaism|Jewish]] family. During his stay at the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] Einstein produced much of his remarkable work. In 1905 he obtained his [[Doctor|doctor's degree]]. He won the [[Nobel Prize]] for his work on the [[photoelectric effect]] in 1921.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/ "The Nobel Prize in Physics, 1921"] (2014).  Nobelprize.org.  Retrieved on January 23, 2015.</ref> Einstein [[Immigration|immigrated]] to the [[United States of America|United States]] in the late 1930s to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at [[Princeton University|Princeton]]; upon the urging of a colleague in physics, recommended that [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[Franklin Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] develop an [[atomic bomb]] project. <ref>Einstein, Albert (August 2, 1939).  [http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html "Letter to F. D. Roosevelt, President of the United States"].  www.dannen.com.  Retrieved from "Leo Szilard Online:  Einstein's Letter to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939" on January 23, 2015.</ref> He later regretted this and became a passionate [[Pacifism|pacifist]].  In 1952, he was offered the Presidency of [[Israel]], but he turned it down. Einstein collaborated with Dr. Chaim Weizmann in establishing the [[Hebrew]] [[University]] of [[Jerusalem]]. Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, [[New Jersey]] at the age of 76.

'''Albert Einstein''' (1879-1955) was the most famous [[physicist]] of the 20th century, who however self-described himself to be “more of a [[philosopher]] than a physicist”.<ref name="Capria">{{cite book |author=Marco M. Capria, Aubert Daigneaut et al. |title=Physics Before and After Einstein |publisher=IOS Press |year=2005 |chapter=1. Albert Einstein: A Portrait |pages=12|isbn=1-58603-462-6 |url=www.dmi.unipg.it/~mamone/pubb/PBAE.pdf |quote=To his collaborator Leopold Infeld he said: “I am really more of a philosopher than a physicist” [17, p. 258].}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|[[Richard Feynman]] observed that "The philosophers are always on the outside making stupid remarks."<ref name="Devils">{{Cite book

| quote = }}</ref>|group=note}}  He was born in Ulm, in Württemberg, [[Germany]] in a [[Judaism|Jewish]] family. During his stay at the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] Einstein produced much of his remarkable work. In 1905 he obtained his [[Doctor|doctor's degree]]. He won the [[Nobel Prize]] for his work on the [[photoelectric effect]] in 1921.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/ "The Nobel Prize in Physics, 1921"] (2014).  Nobelprize.org.  Retrieved on January 23, 2015.</ref> Einstein [[Immigration|immigrated]] to the [[United States of America|United States]] in the late 1930s to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at [[Princeton University|Princeton]]; upon the urging of a colleague in physics, recommended that [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[Franklin Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] develop an [[atomic bomb]] project. <ref>Einstein, Albert (August 2, 1939).  [http://www.dannen.com/ae-fdr.html "Letter to F. D. Roosevelt, President of the United States"].  www.dannen.com.  Retrieved from "Leo Szilard Online:  Einstein's Letter to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939" on January 23, 2015.</ref> He later regretted this and became a passionate [[Pacifism|pacifist]].  In 1952, he was offered the Presidency of [[Israel]], but he turned it down. Einstein collaborated with Dr. Chaim Weizmann in establishing the [[Hebrew]] [[University]] of [[Jerusalem]]. Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at Princeton, [[New Jersey]] at the age of 76.

==Anecdotes==

==Anecdotes==

* "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." <ref>Feld, Bernard T. (1979).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=CNuwE3NL1QgC&pg=PA388&dq=Whoever+is+careless+with+the+truth+in+small+matters+cannot+be+trusted+with+important+matters&ei=swRFSoSYM46yzASEy8Bc "Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons"].  ''Albert Einstein: Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Centennial'' (1982), edited by Holton, Gerald James and Elkana, Yehuda (Princeton, NJ:  Princeton University Press), p. 388.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on February 3, 2015.</ref>

* "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." <ref>Feld, Bernard T. (1979).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=CNuwE3NL1QgC&pg=PA388&dq=Whoever+is+careless+with+the+truth+in+small+matters+cannot+be+trusted+with+important+matters&ei=swRFSoSYM46yzASEy8Bc "Einstein and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons"].  ''Albert Einstein: Historical and Cultural Perspectives: The Centennial'' (1982), edited by Holton, Gerald James and Elkana, Yehuda (Princeton, NJ:  Princeton University Press), p. 388.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on February 3, 2015.</ref>

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