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At the present time our actions are largely influenced by our theories. We have abandoned the simple and instinctive mode of life of the earlier civilisations for one regulated by the assumptions of our knowledge and supplemented by all the devices of intelligence.

Charles Howard Hinton

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Charles Howard Hinton

Charles Howard Hinton

Born: 1853
Died: April 30, 1907 (aged 54)
Bio: Charles Howard Hinton was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances. He was interested in higher dimensions, particularly the fourth dimension.
Known for:
  1. A New Era of Thought (1888)
  2. The Fourth Dimension (1904)
  3. What is the Fourth Dimension? (1884)
  4. Scientific Romances (1884)

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