Smile for the camera, Professor Einstein!

Albert Einstein was born on this day in 1879.

When the photographer Arthur Sasse asked physicist and scientist Albert Einstein to smile for the camera on his 72nd birthday on 14 March 1951 – this is the image that was taken. Einstein was tired of smiling at all the photographers and instead decided to stick out his tongue. Einstein himself later used the image on greetings cards that he sent to friends.

This image has become one of the most famous and iconic images ever taken of laureate Albert Einstein, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 30 years before the photograph was taken.

Source: The Nobel Prize Facebook Page.

Albert Einstein was born on this day in 1879. I read his biography written by Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe. It remains one of the best biographies I’ve ever read.

I’ve compiled 15 Inspiring Quotes Albert Einstein that may motivate you. Watch below.