”I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Einstein believed that while "knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create." He believed that imagination is the most important aspect of theoretical physics but the imagination is also the most important aspect of the Art of Programming.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)1879 | born March 14 in Ulm, Germany | 1905 | "Annus Mirabilis" - Einstein's "Miracle Year":
his Special Theory of Relativity is born | 1910 | Joins the German University in Prague | 1911 | Predicts the deflection of light | 1912 | Writes major part of the special theory of relativity | 1915 | Einstein completes the General Theory of Relativity | 1919 | His theories on the deflection of light are confirmed during a solar eclipse | 1922 | Receives the Nobel Prise for physics for 1921 | 1923 | Visits Palestine. Gives inaugural scientific lecture at the future site of the Hebrew University | 1933 | After leaving Germany upon Adolf Hitler's rise to power, he heads for Princeton University | 1952 | Offered the presidency of Israel by Ben-Gurion. Politely declines | 1955 | Dies on April 18, at the age of 76 |
At age 26, Einstein formulates the equation E=mc2 (the energy content of a body is equal to the mass of the body times the speed of light squared). Einstein's famous equation probably the only physics equation to have recognition on the street. For more information visit: 
Quotes:"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
"You must be able distinguish between what is true and what is real."
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction."
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute."
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious... I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life."
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
"All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field."
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice at the risk of pleasing no one."
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