Max Planck
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German physicist (1858 to 1947), professor of theoretical physics in Berlin; originated quantum theory and received the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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12 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The simpler the statement of a law of nature, the more general it is (opens korrents.com)
“I held the unshakeable opinion that the simpler the presentation of a particular law of Nature, the more general it is”
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Research needs the pursuit of a specific aim, which guides it through early failures (opens korrents.com)
“An indispensable hypothesis, even though still far from being a guarantee of success, is however the pursuit of a specific aim, whose lighted beacon, even by initial failures, is not betrayed.”
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A researcher's work would seem hopeless without occasional striking facts showing a step nearer the truth (opens korrents.com)
“And the whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not occasionally through some striking facts to find that he had, at the end of all…”
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The simpler the statement of a law of nature, the more general it is (opens korrents.com)