Albert Einstein: 1879 - 1955
Albert Einstein is considered by many the greatest astrophysicist. He is pictured here in the Swiss Patent Office where he did much of his great work. Einstein's many visionary scientific contributions include the equivalence of mass and energy (E=mc^2), how the maximum speed limit of light affects measurements of time and space and a more accurate theory of gravity based on simple geometric concepts. One reason Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics was to make the prize more prestigious.
Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavor.
所有科技的努力，總以造福人類，關切人類的命運為主要鵠的。
As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists. If such humility could be conveyed to everybody, the world of human activities would be more appealing.
人所具備的智力僅夠使自己清楚地認識到，在大自然面前自己的智力是何等的欠缺。如果這種謙卑精神能為世人所共有，那麼人類活動的世界就會更加具有吸引力。
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