Einstein was a Jew born in Germany and was recognized as the greatest scientist and physicist since Galileo and Newton. After the death of Israel’s first president, Einstein was nominated as the second president of the State of Israel because Einstein was the spiritual leader of the Jewish people at the time. Unexpectedly, Einstein turned down the Israeli invitation. He said:
“About nature, I know a little; about people, I almost don’t know anything about it. How can someone like me be president? The equation is more important to me because politics is for the present, and the equation is eternal. thing.”