Thursday, September 17, 2015

Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts, And Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted


Albert Einstein Quotations

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” - Albert Einstein ?


Update:
According to Quote Investigator, there is no evidence that Albert Einstein crafted the above quotation. And the evidence that Einstein wrote it on a blackboard is weak.

In other words, the source of this quotation is still not properly verified.

Albert Einstein was the world's most influential German-born theoretical physicist. 

He is known for the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.

Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts, And Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

When you mention Einstein, almost immediately folks would think of the renowned mad scientist with his shabby hairstyle and his equally known equation, E = mc2.

Verified Authentic Albert Einstein Quotations


Anyway, here are five authentic Albert Einstein quotations:


“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” [1]

wisdom, school, attempt

"Everybody acts not only under external compulsion but also in accordance with inner necessity." [2]

act, compulsion, necessity

"All of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking." [3]

science, refinement, thinking

"Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it." [4]

science, wonder, living

"I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts." [5]

daring, speculation, accumulation, facts

Citations:
[1] To J. Dispentiere, March 24, 1954. Einstein Archives 59-495
[2] The World As I See It, 1949
[3] “Physics and Reality,” Journal of the Franklin Institute 221, no. 3 (March 1936), 349–382. Reprinted in Ideas and Opinions, 290
[4] To California student, E. Holzapfel, March 1951. Quoted in Dukas and Hoffmann, Albert Einstein, the Human Side, 57. Einstein Archives 59-1013
[5] Letter to Michele Besso, 8 October 1952