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Physicist and philosopher from Austria, born on February 18, 1838, and died on February 19, 1916.

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“Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.”

May Science Sound Wonderful Strange Mathematics Saving Operations Unnecessary Evasion

Book:Popular Scientific Lectures

Source: Popular Scientific Lectures

“Science itself, therefore, may be regarded as a minimal problem, consisting of the completest possible presentment of facts with the least possible expenditure of thought.”

May Facts Problem Science Accounts Expenditures

Book:The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Exposition of Its Principles

Source: The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Exposition of Its Principles

“Mathematics may be defined as the economy of counting. There is no problem in the whole of mathematics which cannot be solved by direct counting.”

May Whole Problem Economy Direct Mathematics Math Defined Mathematical No Problem Counting

Author:Ernst Mach

“My table is now brightly, now dimly lighted. Its temperature varies. It may receive an ink stain. One of its legs may be broken. It may be repaired, polished, and replaced part by part. But, for me, it remains the table at which I daily write.”

Writing May Broken Tables Remains Legs Replaced Ink Temperature Vary Stains Polished

Book:The Analysis of Sensations: And the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical

Source: The Analysis of Sensations: And the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical

About the Author

Born: February 18, 1838
Died: February 19, 1916
Known for: Physicist
Quotes: 44

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