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The Ultimate Quotable Einstein 9780691207292
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Quotable
The Ultimate
einstein
Quotable
The Ultimate
einstein collected and edited by
Alice Calaprice
with a foreword by
Freeman Dyson
princeton university press princeton and oxford
Copyright © 2011 by Princeton University Press and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Foreword copyright © 1996, 2000, 2005, 2011 by Freeman Dyson “Quark, Strangeness & Charm,” Calvert/Brock © 1977 Anglo Rock, Inc. (for USA and Canada) Rock Music Company Limited (for rest of world) Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW press.princeton.edu All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Einstein, Albert, 1879–1955. The ultimate quotable Einstein / collected and edited by Alice Calaprice ; with a foreword by Freeman Dyson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-691-13817-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Einstein, Albert, 1879–1955—Quotations. I. Calaprice, Alice. II. Title. QC16.E5A25 2010 530.092—dc22
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Albert Einstein - Biography
Albert Einstein - Biography
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This Week in History
March 9-15, 1879
Albert Einstein, Musician
March 2014
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
This week we celebrate tbe birthday of Albert Einstein, born March 14, 1879 and died April 18, 1955. While most people know that Einstein was the father of the world's most famous equation E= mc2, what they do not know is that this great scientist attributed his scientific ability to his classical musical activity. We excerpt here from an article entitled "Einstein the Artist", which can be read in full here: http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2012/eirv39n19-20120511/58-66_3919.pdf
Einstein’s Violin: ‘My Old Friend’
Einstein called his violin, “my old friend.” According to his son, “He would often play his violin in his kitchen late at night, improvising melodies while he pondered complicated problems. Then, suddenly, in the middle of playing, he would announce excitedly, ‘I’ve got it!’” . |
From Einstein’s sharp critiques of Wagner, you see that it’s not just any music that can stimulate human creativity. What’s requir