Ocupation: Theoretical Physicist
Life: March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955
Birthday: March 14
Death: April 18
If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.
source: Quoted in Reporter, 18 Nov. 1954
topic: Teacher, Science, Men, Plumber, Peddler, Science Teacher