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I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path.
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The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before.
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Theodore von Kármán
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Born:
May 11, 1881
Died:
May 6, 1963
(aged 81)
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Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
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