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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). [https://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=http://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

'''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=http://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

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[[Arthur Eddington]] popularized General Relativity by publishing an explanation of it and by attempting to prove the theory experimentally in a dramatic test.  Eddington embarked on a highly publicized trip into the Atlantic Ocean off Africa in order to observe the bending of [[star]]light passing nearby the [[Sun]] during the total [[solar eclipse]] of May 29, 1919.  Eddington returned with a declaration that he had proven Einstein's theory of General Relativity, making Einstein extremely famous,<ref>Lightman, Alan (September 9, 1997). [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/relativity/ "Relativity and the cosmos"].  PBS.org/WGBH/Nova.  Retrieved on January 24, 2015.  "On November 8, 1919, for example, the ''London Times'' had an article headlined: 'The Revolution In Science/Einstein Versus Newton.'  Two days later, ''The New York Times''' headlines read: 'Lights All Askew In The Heavens/Men Of Science More Or Less Agog Over Results Of Eclipse Observations/Einstein Theory Triumphs.'"</ref> when in fact he had selectively used data to attain this result.  No Nobel Prize was given for relativity.

[[Arthur Eddington]] popularized General Relativity by publishing an explanation of it and by attempting to prove the theory experimentally in a dramatic test.  Eddington embarked on a highly publicized trip into the Atlantic Ocean off Africa in order to observe the bending of [[star]]light passing nearby the [[Sun]] during the total [[solar eclipse]] of May 29, 1919.  Eddington returned with a declaration that he had proven Einstein's theory of General Relativity, making Einstein extremely famous,<ref>Lightman, Alan (September 9, 1997). [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/relativity/ "Relativity and the cosmos"].  PBS.org/WGBH/Nova.  Retrieved on January 24, 2015.  "On November 8, 1919, for example, the ''London Times'' had an article headlined: 'The Revolution In Science/Einstein Versus Newton.'  Two days later, ''The New York Times''' headlines read: 'Lights All Askew In The Heavens/Men Of Science More Or Less Agog Over Results Of Eclipse Observations/Einstein Theory Triumphs.'"</ref> when in fact he had selectively used data to attain this result.  No Nobel Prize was given for relativity.

In April 2004, NASA launched the satellite "Gravity Probe B" to test the ''geodetic precession'' and ''frame dragging'' effects of general relativity.  The successful result of this test was announced on May 4, 2011.<ref>http://prl.aps.org/accepted/L/ea070Y8dQ491d22a28828c95f660a57ac82e7d8c0</ref><ref>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/306430</ref><ref>http://www.nap.edu/html/gpb/summary.html</ref><ref>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/73870/title/Gravity_Probe_B_finally_pays_off_</ref><ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gpb/</ref><ref>http://einstein.stanford.edu/</ref><ref>http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/the-gravity-probe-b-bailout</ref><ref>http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/06/nasa-concludes-gravity-probe-b-space-time-experiment-proves-e/</ref>

In April 2004, NASA launched the satellite "Gravity Probe B" to test the ''geodetic precession'' and ''frame dragging'' effects of general relativity.  The successful result of this test was announced on May 4, 2011.<ref>http://prl.aps.org/accepted/L/ea070Y8dQ491d22a28828c95f660a57ac82e7d8c0</ref><ref>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/306430</ref><ref>http://www.nap.edu/html/gpb/summary.html</ref><ref>http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/73870/title/Gravity_Probe_B_finally_pays_off_</ref><ref>https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/gpb/</ref><ref>http://einstein.stanford.edu/</ref><ref>http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/the-gravity-probe-b-bailout</ref><ref>http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/06/nasa-concludes-gravity-probe-b-space-time-experiment-proves-e/</ref>

Einstein compared the effects of large objects on space and time to the way that a large ball placed on a sheet of rubber stretches the material and causes it to sag, and drew the analogy with the way stars and planets warp space-time. A smaller ball rolling along the sagging fabric will be drawn towards the larger ball, in the same way that the Earth is drawn towards the sun, but will not fall into it as long as it continues to move at sufficient speed. This was a change in thinking from the Newtonian cosmos, in which gravity was viewed purely as an attractive force between bodies.

Einstein compared the effects of large objects on space and time to the way that a large ball placed on a sheet of rubber stretches the material and causes it to sag, and drew the analogy with the way stars and planets warp space-time. A smaller ball rolling along the sagging fabric will be drawn towards the larger ball, in the same way that the Earth is drawn towards the sun, but will not fall into it as long as it continues to move at sufficient speed. This was a change in thinking from the Newtonian cosmos, in which gravity was viewed purely as an attractive force between bodies.

"[The fanatical atheists] are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people' &#91;[[Karl Marx]]'s oft-cited description of religion]—cannot bear the music of the spheres."<ref name=Jammer/>

"[The fanatical atheists] are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people' &#91;[[Karl Marx]]'s oft-cited description of religion]—cannot bear the music of the spheres."<ref name=Jammer/>

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<blockquote>"God does not play dice with the universe."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=zPkrAQAAIAAJ&q=%22God+does+not+play+dice+with+the+universe%22&dq=%22God+does+not+play+dice+with+the+universe%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ldPGVJrIOejIsAScz4DQDg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBA ''Et Cetera''] (1943), p. 61.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on January 26, 2015.</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>"God does not play dice with the universe."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zPkrAQAAIAAJ&q=%22God+does+not+play+dice+with+the+universe%22&dq=%22God+does+not+play+dice+with+the+universe%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ldPGVJrIOejIsAScz4DQDg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBA ''Et Cetera''] (1943), p. 61.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on January 26, 2015.</ref></blockquote>

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"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind" <ref>Isaacson, Walter (2007). [http://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&pg=PA390&dq=%22Science+without+religion+is+lame.+Religion+without+science+is+blind%22+isaacson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZC_HVK2wMsaiNujbg7AO&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Science%20without%20religion%20is%20lame.%20Religion%20without%20science%20is%20blind%22%20isaacson&f=false ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'']  (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster), p. 390.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on January 26, 2015.</ref>

"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind" <ref>Isaacson, Walter (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cdxWNE7NY6QC&pg=PA390&dq=%22Science+without+religion+is+lame.+Religion+without+science+is+blind%22+isaacson&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZC_HVK2wMsaiNujbg7AO&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Science%20without%20religion%20is%20lame.%20Religion%20without%20science%20is%20blind%22%20isaacson&f=false ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'']  (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster), p. 390.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks archive on January 26, 2015.</ref>

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*English translation:  Einstein, Albert (September 27, 1905).  [http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/ Hypertext of "Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?"].  Translated in Perrett, Wilfrid and Jeffery, George B. (1923), ''The Principle of Relativity'' (London: Methuen), pp. 67-71.  Hypertext retrieved from Fourmilab [Switzerland] website on January 31, 2015.</ref>

*English translation:  Einstein, Albert (September 27, 1905).  [http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/ Hypertext of "Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?"].  Translated in Perrett, Wilfrid and Jeffery, George B. (1923), ''The Principle of Relativity'' (London: Methuen), pp. 67-71.  Hypertext retrieved from Fourmilab [Switzerland] website on January 31, 2015.</ref>

* Einstein did not originate the idea of using non-Euclidean geometry<ref>His friend Paul Ehrenfest pointed out the need for curved space.  Kaku, Michio (2014).  [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181349/Albert-Einstein "Albert Einstein"].  ''Encyclopedia Britannica''.  Retrieved on February 1, 2015.</ref> [[metric tensor]]s to reconcile gravity with special relativity.<ref>Walter, Scott (2006).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20061205041327/http://univ-nancy2.fr/DepPhilo/walter/papers/b4.pdf "Breaking in the 4-vectors: the four-dimensional movement in gravitation, 1905–1910"].  University of Nancy 2 [France]/Department of Philosophy/Scott Walter website.  Retrieved from December 5, 2006 archive at Internet Archive on February 1, 2015.</ref> It was not his idea to describe gravity in [[covariant equations]], and he published papers supposedly showing that it was impossible.<ref>Norton, John D. (March 1993).  [http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/decades_re-set.pdf "General covariance and the foundation of general relativity:  eight decades of dispute"].  ''Reports on Progress in Physics'', no. 56, pp. 791-858.  Retrieved from University of Pittsburgh/John D. Norton website on February 2, 2015.</ref> He did not discover the Lagrangian formulation of [[general relativity]], and was not the first to publish the field equations. He did not foresee the [[expansion of the universe]] (although this expansion is consistent with the field equations), the possibility of [[black hole]]s, or [[dark energy]].

* Einstein did not originate the idea of using non-Euclidean geometry<ref>His friend Paul Ehrenfest pointed out the need for curved space.  Kaku, Michio (2014).  [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181349/Albert-Einstein "Albert Einstein"].  ''Encyclopedia Britannica''.  Retrieved on February 1, 2015.</ref> [[metric tensor]]s to reconcile gravity with special relativity.<ref>Walter, Scott (2006).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20061205041327/http://univ-nancy2.fr/DepPhilo/walter/papers/b4.pdf "Breaking in the 4-vectors: the four-dimensional movement in gravitation, 1905–1910"].  University of Nancy 2 [France]/Department of Philosophy/Scott Walter website.  Retrieved from December 5, 2006 archive at Internet Archive on February 1, 2015.</ref> It was not his idea to describe gravity in [[covariant equations]], and he published papers supposedly showing that it was impossible.<ref>Norton, John D. (March 1993).  [http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/decades_re-set.pdf "General covariance and the foundation of general relativity:  eight decades of dispute"].  ''Reports on Progress in Physics'', no. 56, pp. 791-858.  Retrieved from University of Pittsburgh/John D. Norton website on February 2, 2015.</ref> He did not discover the Lagrangian formulation of [[general relativity]], and was not the first to publish the field equations. He did not foresee the [[expansion of the universe]] (although this expansion is consistent with the field equations), the possibility of [[black hole]]s, or [[dark energy]].

* Einstein did not originate the idea that light is observable as particles. Max Planck published that a few years before Einstein, and received a Nobel prize for it.

* Einstein did not originate the idea that light is observable as particles. Max Planck published that a few years before Einstein, and received a Nobel prize for it.

Here are some quotes that have been attributed to Einstein, but which have not been verified.

Here are some quotes that have been attributed to Einstein, but which have not been verified.

* The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.<ref>Applewhite, Ashton, et al. (2003).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=H-GfO0jkBLsC&pg=PA146&dq=The+difference+between+stupidity+and+genius+is+that+genius+has+its+limits&ei=NtAaSsTZBZj2MJ2NyL8J ''And I Quote:  The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker''] (New York:  St. Martin's), rev. ed., p. 146.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on February 2, 2015.</ref>

* The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.<ref>Applewhite, Ashton, et al. (2003).  [https://books.google.com/books?id=H-GfO0jkBLsC&pg=PA146&dq=The+difference+between+stupidity+and+genius+is+that+genius+has+its+limits&ei=NtAaSsTZBZj2MJ2NyL8J ''And I Quote:  The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker''] (New York:  St. Martin's), rev. ed., p. 146.  Retrieved from GoogleBooks on February 2, 2015.</ref>

* Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.<ref>Darbellay, Frédéric et al. (2008).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=MbC45UX_4gMC&pg=PT19&dq=Learn+from+yesterday,+live+for+today,+hope+for+tomorrow.+The+important+thing+is+not+to+stop+questioning.&ei=Mdk-SormHozayQT1-uS-AQ ''A Vision of Transdisciplinarity: Laying Foundations for a World Knowledge Dialogue''] (Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press), p. xix.  Retrived from GoogleBooks on February 2, 2015.</ref>

* Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.<ref>Darbellay, Frédéric et al. (2008).  [https://books.google.com/books?id=MbC45UX_4gMC&pg=PT19&dq=Learn+from+yesterday,+live+for+today,+hope+for+tomorrow.+The+important+thing+is+not+to+stop+questioning.&ei=Mdk-SormHozayQT1-uS-AQ ''A Vision of Transdisciplinarity: Laying Foundations for a World Knowledge Dialogue''] (Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press), p. xix.  Retrived from GoogleBooks on February 2, 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>

* "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." <ref>Feld, Bernard T. (1979).  [https://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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