Theodore Zeldin vs. Albert Einstein
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Theodore Zeldin
1933 – present
Theodore Zeldin is a British historian and current Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is the author of A History of French Passions, a quotidian history of the French people, as well as An Intimate History of Humanity. He is also a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, having previously been its dean for 13 years, and a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature.
"Even Gandhi, with all his charisma, did not "melt the hearts" of his oppressors, as he had hoped. After softening, hearts harden again. Asoka too was wrong to t…"
Albert Einstein
1879 – 1955
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
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