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Quote by Karl Weierstrass

“It is self-evident that any and all paths must be open to a researcher during the actual course of his [or her] investigations.”

Quote by Karl Weierstrass

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Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass

German mathematician considered one of the founders of modern analysis. He made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, particularly in the fields of limits, continuity, and function theory. Weierstrass's work had a profound impact on later mathematicians. more

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“We ought not to believe those who today, adopting a philosophical air and with a tone of superiority, prophesy the decline of culter and are content with the unknowable in a self-satisfied way. For us there is no unknowable, and in my opinion there is also non whatsoever for the natural sciences. In place of this foolish unknowable, let our watchword on the contrary be: we must know - we shall know.”