Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976) German physicist. He discovered the
"uncertainty principle" and wrote "Physics and Philosophy," 1958.
Following quotes by Heisenberg, I received from Dr. FRANK
<fcbaer@bemorecreative.com>
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Foraging:
What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method
of questioning.
Reflecting:
Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited
range of applicability.
Adopting:
Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it had been created.
Nurturing:
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be
made in his subject and how to avoid them.
Knuckling Down:
Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be a
criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached.
Sources of Quotations:
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F: In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," ed. Jason
Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988.
R: In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software,
1994.
A: In "Shorter Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," by John Bartlett, 1937,
1980, 1992.
N: "Physics and Beyond."
K: In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," ed. Jason
Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988.
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Sincerely
Arun Tripathi
--Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
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