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J. Willard Gibbs
J. Willard Gibbs

J. Willard Gibbs was an American scientist known for his fundamental contributions to the fields of thermodynamics, physical chemistry, and statistical mechanics. He developed the Gibbs free energy equation, which is a cornerstone of chemical thermodynamics. Gibbs' work laid the groundwork for the modern understanding of phase equilibria and chemical reactions. more

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Book:More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian
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“Descriptive geometry has two objects: the first is to establish methods to represent on drawing paper which has only two dimensions,-namely, length and width,-all solids of nature which have three dimensions,-length, width, and depth,-provided, however, that these solids are capable of rigorous definition. The second object is to furnish means to recognize accordingly an exact description of the forms of solids and to derive thereby all truths which result from their forms and their respective positions.”

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“It appears to me that those who rely simply on the weight of authority to prove any assertion, without searching out the arguments to support it, act absurdly. I wish to question freely and to answer freely without any sort of adulation. That well becomes any who are sincere in the search for truth.”

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Author:Vincenzo Galilei
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“It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive a view of man and his social surroundings. To those who look at the rich material provided by history, and who are not intent on impoverishing it in order to please their lower instincts, their craving for intellectual security in the form of clarity, precision, "objectivity," "truth," it will become clear that there is only one principle that can be defended under all circumstances and in all stages of human development. It is the principle: anything goes.”

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Author:Paul Feyerabend
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