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“ ”I want to oppose the idea that the school has to teach directly that special knowledge and those accomplishments which one has to use later directly in life. The demands of life are much too manifold to let such a specialized training in school appear possible [...] The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgement should always be placed foremost.
About Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest physicists of all time. Einstein is known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Together, relativity and quantum mechanics are the two pillars of modern physics. He won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.
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Additional quotes by Albert Einstein
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.