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“Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.”

Quote by Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was a renowned British theoretical physicist known for his contributions to the fields of black hole theory and cosmology. Born on January 8, 1942, he overcame the challenges of ALS to become a global icon of science and perseverance. more

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“The development of mathematics towards greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so that one can prove any theorem using nothing but a few mechanical rules.”

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Book:Kurt Gödel: Collected Works: Volume I: Publications 1929-1936

Source: Kurt Gödel: Collected Works: Volume I: Publications 1929-1936

“Nothing new had been done in Logic since Aristotle!”

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“In almost every computation a great variety of arrangements for the succession of the processes is possible, and various considerations must influence the selections amongst them for the purposes of a calculating engine. One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation.”

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“It is the surgeon’s duty to tranquillize the temper, to beget cheerfulness, and to impart confidence of recovery.”

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Book:The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper: On the Principles and Practice of Surgery

Source: The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper: On the Principles and Practice of Surgery

“In the performance of our duty one feeling should direct us; the case we should consider as our own, and we should ask ourselves, whether, placed under similar circumstances, we should choose to submit to the pain and danger we are about to inflict.”

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Author:Astley Cooper

“I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted.”

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Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“At times the [radio telescope] records exhibited a feature characteristic of interference, occurring some time later than the passage of the two known sources. This intermittent feature was curious, and I recall saying once that we would have to investigate the origin of that interference some day. We joked that it was probably due to the faulty ignition of some farm hand returning from a date.”

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“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”

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Author:Stephen Hawking