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Quote by Max Planck

“An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature's answer.”

Book:Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers

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Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers

This book is a compilation of various papers and personal narratives that delve into the author's journey and insights within the realm of scientific research and discovery. more

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Max Planck

Max Planck, born on April 23, 1858 in Germany, died on October 4, 1947. He was a renowned German physicist and one of the founders of quantum theory, winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery of Planck's constant. more

“If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally upwards. And it doesn't happen by laws of nature. And it doesn't happen by social laws. . . . It happens as a result of hard work by dedicated people who are willing to look at problems honestly, to look at them without illusions, and to go to work chipping away at them, with no guarantee of success — in fact, with a need for a rather high tolerance for failure along the way, and plenty of disappointments.”

“I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.”

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Author:Edith Sitwell

“I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.”

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Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.”

Believe Kind Fighting Winning Loses Someday

Author:I. F. Stone

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