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In science one tries to tell
people
, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite!
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What makes the theory of relativity so acceptable to physicists in spite of its going against the principle of simplicity is its great mathematical beauty. This is a quality which cannot be defined, any more than beauty in art can be defined, but which
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who study mathematics usually have no difficulty in appreciating.
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Just by studying mathematics we can hope to make a guess at the kind of mathematics that will come into the physics of the future. A good many
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are working on the mathematical basis of quantum theory, trying to understand the theory better and to make it more powerful and more beautiful. If someone can hit on the right lines along which to make this development, it may lead to a future advance in which
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will first discover the equations and then, after examining them, gradually learn how to apply them.
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One does not get anywhere simply by going over the successes again and again, whereas talking over the difficulties
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can hope to make some progress.
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I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.
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Born:
August 8, 1902
Died:
October 20, 1984
(aged 82)
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