Science Quotes

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"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe."
Church, Alonzo
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"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics; we are merely learning to listen."
Church, Alonzo
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"Science is organized curiosity."
Church, Alonzo
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"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The true method of discovery is like the searching in the dark for a black cat that is not there."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The true logic of the world is the calculus of probabilities."
Poincaré, Henri
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"In mathematics, we find the language in which nature speaks to us."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The fundamental laws of nature are mathematical; the rest is commentary."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The greatest mathematicians are those who ask the right questions."
Poincaré, Henri
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"All science as it grows towards perfection becomes mathematical in its ideas."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"I don't believe in empiricism. I believe in mathematics."
Gödel, Kurt
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"It is this mythical element of modern mathematics which many logicians refuse to acknowledge."
Gödel, Kurt
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"Consciousness is a physical phenomenon."
Gödel, Kurt
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"Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments."
Gödel, Kurt
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"The universe is ordered by mathematical principles."
Gödel, Kurt
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"The universe speaks the language of mathematics."
Gödel, Kurt
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"The order of the universe is mathematical."
Gödel, Kurt
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"A scientific theory must be able to account for all observable phenomena within its domain."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Mathematics is the art of correct reasoning about abstract objects."
Tarski, Alfred
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"The foundations of mathematics rest upon the concept of satisfaction."
Tarski, Alfred
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"The completeness and decidability of logical systems must be examined separately."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Axiomatization is the art of capturing the essential features of a structure."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Every formal system embodies certain assumptions about what can be expressed."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Model theory gives us a precise way to understand logical consequence."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Every mathematical structure can be studied in terms of its logical properties."
Tarski, Alfred
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"The principle of excluded middle is not self-evident but requires justification."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Mathematical objects exist in a realm of abstract necessity."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Arithmetic is the foundation upon which all mathematical towers rest."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Every theorem is a truth that emerges from the axioms through logical necessity."
Tarski, Alfred