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It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out read more
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.
That's the nature of researchyou don't know what in hell you're doing. -'Doc' Edgerton.
That's the nature of researchyou don't know what in hell you're doing. -'Doc' Edgerton.
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. -Patrick Blackett.
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to read more
The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.
In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context -- a chair in a room, a room read more
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context -- a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. - "Time", July 2, 1956.
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
