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Max Born
German
Mathematician
Born:
Dec 11
,
1882
Died:
Jan 5
,
1970
Belief
Even
Now
Philosophy
Truth
World
Related authors:
Abraham Robinson
Alexander Grothendieck
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Richard Courant
The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
Max Born
Truth
World
Evil
Possession
Oneself
Only
Root
Belief
I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Max Born
Physics
Philosophy
Am
Convinced
Theoretical
Now
Actually
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.
Max Born
Believe
Incredible
Types
Those
Must
Objectionable
Discarded
Scientific
Scientific Method
Method
Replaced
Who
Belief
Believers
Two
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.
Max Born
Impossible
Distinguishes
Possible
Between
Intellect
Senseless
Sensible
Reason
Even
If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.
Max Born
Success
God
World
Made
Predict
Our
Solve
Imperfect
Perfect
He
Conceded
Fair
Parts
Equations
Least
Intellect
Dice
Order
Little
Much
Use
Mechanism
Differential
Need
And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.
Max Born
Science
Older
Our
Cases
New
Always
Limiting
Affected
Been
Continuity
New Ones
Happenings
Turbulent
Theories
Included
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