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"A library is a place where the dead speak. Past generations come alive, and a dialogue between the centuries continues." - Isaac Asimov
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"The task of teaching has always been the highest and most responsible task of a university."
— Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Stephen Hawking on creationism:
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
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Homi Bhabha famously stated:
"Scientific research and progress are the ultimate results of the passion of man for knowledge and the love of his fellow men."
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Max Planck once said:
"In the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve, and the personal tragedies that befall us can lead us to greater understanding, both of the universe and of ourselves."
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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
— Albert Einstein
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Richard Feynman once said about his mother:
"My mother taught me two things: You can have a sense of humor and still be serious, and there’s an enormous difference between understanding something and just knowing it."
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Paul Dirac also said:
"If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination."
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"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine; it is stranger than we can imagine."
— Sir Arthur Eddington
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"Quantum foam: where the fabric of spacetime becomes a frenzied dance of uncertainty, revealing the underlying chaos and beauty of the quantum realm."
— Brian Greene
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Srinivasa Ramanujan once said:
"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."
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The Chudnovsky algorithm is famous for being a super fast way to calculate the digits of pi (π) to extreme precision. It was developed by mathematicians David and Gregory Chudnovsky in 1988.
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The main difference I could think of is:
Physics: Explores the "why" behind phenomena.
Engineering: Focuses on the "how" to achieve a desired outcome.
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Antoine Lavoisier once said:
"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. Chemistry is, indeed, the study of transformations."
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Wallace B. Smith once said:
"Calculus is the most powerful weapon of thought yet devised by the wit of man."
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"If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
— In Einstein's Letter to Edgar Meyer, 1915
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Richard Feynman noted:
"The Dirac delta function is a mathematical abstraction that has become an indispensable tool in theoretical physics, providing a bridge between the idealized models and the physical reality."
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Language.
It is the foundation of human connection and understanding, enabling the progress of science, art, and technology.
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Sir Isaac Newton once wrote about the world's end in his correspondence, stating:
"About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies and insist upon their literal interpretation in the midst of much clamor and opposition."
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"God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers."
— Paul Erdős
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"Don't waste your days in search of life's ultimate meaning. Embrace a passion, immerse yourself in an activity you love. Life's significance is found in the pursuit of what makes your heart beat faster, not in deciphering its grand purpose."
— Albert Einstein
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Nikola Tesla also said:
"The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone—that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are
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"A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points; it’s the easiest to calculate. Nature prefers curves."
— Leonard Susskind
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I agree with Theodore von Kármán when he said:
"Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that never has been."
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@MAstronomers
Voyager Golden Record.
The record contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, intended as a message to potential extraterrestrial civilizations.
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"Time is not absolute, but relative; it depends on the motion of the observer."
— Albert Einstein
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"If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."
— Niels Bohr
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"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
— Nikola Tesla
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"Feynman diagrams are not just a tool for calculation; they are a visual language that allows physicists to express complex interactions in a way that transcends mathematical equations, providing a unique insight into the fundamental processes of the physical world."
— Martinus
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Albert Einstein also said:
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
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Stephen Hawking on the Fermi Paradox:
"We are not aware of any intelligent beings besides humans. Either they do not exist, or they are very good at hiding."
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Roger Penrose once said:
"I suspect consciousness has to do with the way the universe is, and what its laws ultimately are, rather than just an accident of chemistry."
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"Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet. When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing
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Christopher Columbus.
Traditionally celebrated as a great explorer who "discovered" the Americas, many accounts of his actions reveal a darker side.
Columbus is often regarded by some as a hero and by others as a perpetrator of severe human rights abuses.
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Dmitri Mendeleev on science:
"Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences—and we cannot predict what they will be. Science will go on—whether we are pessimistic, optimistic, or, most foolish of all, indifferent."
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"The Upanishads have been the solace of my life; they shall be my solace in death."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Maria Goeppert Mayer once said:
"Science enhances the moral value of life because it furthers a love of truth and reverence—love of truth displaying itself in the constant endeavor to arrive at a true knowledge of the universe and reverence because every advance in knowledge
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"I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its wings; that one was different. It was a female. I had only to wish and call her and she would come flying to me. I loved that pigeon as a man
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@naval
Albert Einstein once said:
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
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Richard Feynman quoted:
"Engineering is the art of applying science for the benefit of humankind. Science is about what is, and engineering is about what can be."
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Albert Einstein once remarked:
"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born."
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John D. Barrow once said:
"Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding."
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Stephen Hawking on singularity:
"A singularity, according to general relativity, is a place where the density of matter and the curvature of space-time become infinite. It is a point of infinite density and zero volume where space and time cease to exist as we know them."
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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.
This heartwarming and thought-provoking novel explores the concept of infinite possibilities and the choices we make in life.
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Richard Feynman had a strong opinion on how physics should be taught. He once said:
"Teach principles, not formulas."
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Albert Einstein also said:
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is
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The young German soldier you are referring to is Karl Schwarzschild.
His solution is known as the Schwarzschild metric or Schwarzschild solution.
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Niels Bohr once said about Paul Dirac:
"This Dirac, he seems to know a lot of physics, but he must have worked very hard to get it out of mathematics."
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"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one learned in school."
— Albert Einstein
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Sir Isaac Newton:
His profound insights into the laws governing the natural world and his development of mathematical methods transformed physics and laid the groundwork for much of modern science and technology.
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"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."
— Aristotle
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Switzerland has a reputation for being relatively neutral, peaceful, and well-regarded on the global stage, which might make them less likely to be "hated" by a significant number of people.
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Nikola Tesla also said:
"My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists."
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"If you sit with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But if you sit on a hot stove for a minute, it seems like an hour. That's relativity."
— Albert Einstein
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I would categories them in two parts:
Historical Figures:
1) Isaac Newton
2) Galileo Galilei
3) Albert Einstein
Modern Figures:
1) Werner Heisenberg
2) Richard Feynman
3) Stephen Hawking
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"The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible. This is not just a statement of taste; it is a fact that is forced on us by the success of mathematics in describing the universe."
— Freeman Dyson
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"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."
— Francis Collins
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"There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors."
— Robert Oppenheimer
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"I don't believe in empirical science. I only believe in a priori truth."
— Kurt Gödel
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Albert Einstein also said:
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once."
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"Einstein was not only the greatest physicist of all time, but also a great man, the supreme embodiment of human dignity."
— Freeman Dyson
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"The delta function is the first and most fundamental object of generalized function theory, a subject which some mathematicians would regard as scarcely belonging to mathematics."
— Laurent Schwartz
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Albert Einstein once said:
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."
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1984 by George Orwell.
Its gripping narrative, intense atmosphere, and profound exploration of totalitarianism and surveillance make it a compelling read that keeps you hooked from start to finish.
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"The word 'shy' is often used to describe introverts, but shyness is the fear of negative social evaluation, and introversion is a preference for quiet, less stimulating environments."
— Susan Cain
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G.H. Hardy once said:
"Every positive integer is one of Ramanujan's personal friends."
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari:
This sweeping history of humanity explores our species' rise to dominance and the challenges we face in the modern world.
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"Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent, and original manner possible."
— Richard Feynman
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Naval Ravikant's quote reflects a similar idea:
"The hard part isn’t doing the work. The hard part is sitting there long enough to do the work, to stay in the chair. People don’t want to suffer. They can’t sit in one place and be bored. They want to chase their passions, they
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"Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them."
— Nikola Tesla
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Tony Robbins expressed similar idea:
"Energy isn’t something you have; it’s something you create. You can be a victim of your environment, or you can create an environment of energy."
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James Clerk Maxwell once said:
"Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science."
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"If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima."
— J. Robert Oppenheimer
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"The knowledge of the sequence was my discovery; it is a marvel and its application will surprise you."
— Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci)
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"I like crossing the imaginary boundaries people set up between different fields - it's very refreshing."
— Maryam Mirzakhani
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Isaac Newton also said:
"In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence."
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"I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted."
— Alan Turing
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John S. Bell once said:
"The progress of physics depends on the interplay of experiment and theory, and the vitality of that interplay was epitomized by the debates between Bohr and Einstein."
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Carl Sagan's this quote reflects the idea of our smallness in the vastness of the universe:
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself. But the vastness is bearable only through love."
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I think some of the reasons are:
1) Personal Experiences
2) Psychological Comfort
3) Entertainment and Fun
4) Lack of Scientific Literacy
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Khalil Gibran expressed similar sentiment:
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you."
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"Science, like any tool, is neutral in morality. Its impact depends on the hands that wield it — whether for healing or harm, enlightenment or destruction."
— Carl Sagan
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"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. One can be educated without intelligence, and intelligent without formal education."
— Albert Einstein
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Max Planck once said:
"An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer. But rationalists often forget that Nature's answers aren't always rational."
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"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness."
— Max Planck
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"All knowledge is connected to all other knowledge. The fun is in making the connections."
— Arthur Aufderheide
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"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is or can be done."
— Isaac Newton
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Bohr proposed the complementarity principle to address the dual nature of light and matter, as described by quantum mechanics. According to this principle, particles like photons (light) and electrons can exhibit both wave-like and particle-like behaviors, but these aspects are
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"I don't hate the world; I just love it so much that I have to look away."
— Charles Bukowski
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Emmy Noether once said:
"I do not see why the study of mathematical theories should be considered less important for young women than the study of music and painting."
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"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government."
— Thomas Paine
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Nikola Tesla once said:
"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."
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"There is poetry in physics—or science for that matter—if you are looking for it. When you understand something truly beautiful, your soul is touched."
— Freeman Dyson
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Carl Sagan famously said:
"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space."
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