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Simple calculations based on a range of variables are better than elaborate ones based on limited input.

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The most fruitful research grows out of practical problems.

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Indeed, in my judgment, the simplest measurements are always the best because they have the least possibility for error and the greatest likelihood of survival.

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If you can't reduce a difficult engineering problem to just one 8-1/2 x 11-inch sheet of paper, you will probably never understand it.

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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.
Werner Heisenberg

Ralph Brazelton Peck

Ralph Brazelton Peck

Born: June 23, 1912
Died: February 18, 2008 (aged 95)
Bio: Dr. Ralph Brazelton Peck was an eminent civil engineer specializing in soil mechanics. He died on February 18, 2008 from congestive heart failure.

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