Science Quotes

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"Numbers do not lie; they reveal the truth of the world."
Sophie Germain
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"The greatest scientists are artists as well."
Joseph Thomson
D
"Mathematics is the foundation of all exact knowledge of natural phenomena."
David Hilbert
D
"Geometry will come to play a much larger role in physics."
David Hilbert
D
"Physics is really nothing more than a guide to mathematics."
David Hilbert
D
"The profound study of nature is the most fertile source of mathematical discovery."
David Hilbert
D
"Mathematics is the most reliable instrument we have for understanding reality."
David Hilbert
G
"It is certain that one cannot understand the most important human and natural phenomena without mathematics."
Georg Cantor
G
"Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity."
Georg Cantor
G
"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics."
Georg Cantor
"Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine."
Kurt Gödel
"The incompleteness theorems did not shake my belief in the value of rigorous thinking."
Kurt Gödel
"Mathematics is a language for expressing the ineffable."
Kurt Gödel
"Logic alone cannot explain consciousness."
Kurt Gödel
"If a system is consistent, it is necessarily incomplete."
Kurt Gödel
"Mathematics does not describe reality; it reveals its structure."
Kurt Gödel
"Every proof carries within it the seeds of its own limitation."
Kurt Gödel
"The universe is written in a language we can only partially read."
Kurt Gödel
"The universe is not calculable, only interpretable."
Kurt Gödel
"Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science."
Bertrand Russell
"Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own."
Bertrand Russell
"In physics there may someday be laws as neat and as symmetrical as those of mathematics, but this cannot be assumed to be true from the start."
Bertrand Russell
G
"Electricity is the flow of electrons through a conductor, following the path of least resistance."
Georg Ohm
G
"Mathematics is the language through which nature speaks to humanity."
Georg Ohm
G
"Every law of nature can be expressed through numbers and ratios."
Georg Ohm
G
"The universe operates according to principles, not chaos."
Georg Ohm
G
"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics and measurement."
Georg Ohm
G
"The relationship between cause and effect is the foundation of science."
Georg Ohm
G
"The fabric of reality is woven from mathematical relationships."
Georg Ohm
G
"The study of nature reveals that all things are governed by law and order."
Georg Ohm