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* ''A man will turn over half a library to write one book''. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson Samuel Johnson]) | * ''A man will turn over half a library to write one book''. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson Samuel Johnson]) | ||
* ''Scientists often have an experience that is deeply enlightening, and is not granted to everyone. It is the experience of finding that you have been wrong about something.'' ([https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1979/weinberg/facts/ Steven Weinberg]). | * ''Scientists often have an experience that is deeply enlightening, and is not granted to everyone. It is the experience of finding that you have been wrong about something.'' ([https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1979/weinberg/facts/ Steven Weinberg]). | ||
* ''At a time when research is becoming more and more specialized, I think it is crucial to keep some time for personal thought, to step back and ask oneself questions about the deep significance of the concepts that we employ routinely.'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Cohen-Tannoudji Claude-Cohen Tannoudji] | |||
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Poincar%C3%A9 Henri Poincaré] worked during the same times each day in short periods of time. He undertook research for four hours a day, between 10 a.m. and noon then again from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. He would read articles in journals later in the evening.'' | * ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Poincar%C3%A9 Henri Poincaré] worked during the same times each day in short periods of time. He undertook research for four hours a day, between 10 a.m. and noon then again from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. He would read articles in journals later in the evening.'' | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 22 May 2020
- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. (Waldo Emerson)
- If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
- A man will turn over half a library to write one book. (Samuel Johnson)
- Scientists often have an experience that is deeply enlightening, and is not granted to everyone. It is the experience of finding that you have been wrong about something. (Steven Weinberg).
- At a time when research is becoming more and more specialized, I think it is crucial to keep some time for personal thought, to step back and ask oneself questions about the deep significance of the concepts that we employ routinely. Claude-Cohen Tannoudji
- Henri Poincaré worked during the same times each day in short periods of time. He undertook research for four hours a day, between 10 a.m. and noon then again from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. He would read articles in journals later in the evening.
