Einstein::Poetic Thinker
The challenge for Einstein was not in how one related to family, friends, co-workers and strangers, but how one related to the universe.
Einstein puzzled over variance and invariance and "the harmony of the universe." He did this as a poet. Intellectual consideration must be done with words; in the hands of a poet words, quanta, mean much more: they have a hidden energy, belying a source still undiscovered that is glimpsed in the great line and flow of the universe.
Einstein theorized with an image, a visualization. He asked, what would it be like to ride on a beam of light?
What is it like to be a beam of light, coursing straight from God's eye, a divine thread speeding across the universe, one of many weaving the fabric of an ever-changing world in which the thread is constant?
Einstein's quest to map the soul of the universe with theoretical science was bolstered, supported, and meant to be proved by mathematical equations. Still, scientific tests and observations mattered less to him than the cosmological beauty, the religious tone and completeness of the theory. And so he insisted that other theories fit his. In the end, he had written a new Bible, with all the visionary and messianic intent of a prophet.
Einstein theorized with an image, a visualization. He asked, what would it be like to ride on a beam of light?
What is it like to be a beam of light, coursing straight from God's eye, a divine thread speeding across the universe, one of many weaving the fabric of an ever-changing world in which the thread is constant?
Einstein's quest to map the soul of the universe with theoretical science was bolstered, supported, and meant to be proved by mathematical equations. Still, scientific tests and observations mattered less to him than the cosmological beauty, the religious tone and completeness of the theory. And so he insisted that other theories fit his. In the end, he had written a new Bible, with all the visionary and messianic intent of a prophet.
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