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  Quotes  /  By person  /  Albert Einstein Quotes Any fool can know. The point is to understand.  -   Albert Einstein

Personalities  /  Albert Einstein Quotes  /  By person  /  Albert Einstein Quotes Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position as technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he obtained his doctor’s degree. During his stay at the Patent Office, and in his spare time, he produced much of his remarkable work and in 1908 he was appointed Privatdozent in Berne. In 1909 he became Professor Extraordinary at Zurich, in 1911 Professor of Theoretical Physics at Prague, ret...

Quotes  /  By person  /  Albert Einstein Quotes Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein