Speaking of great quotes:
Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when
successful, finds none.
Thomas Kuhn
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Another great quote from von Neumann:
". . . anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits
is, of course, in a state of sin."
- John von Neumann, “Various Techniques Used in Connection with Random
Digits,” in A. S. Householder, ed., Monte Carlo Method, Proceedings of a
Symp
No doubt the hemline took two vectors to a scalar, which is linear in the
second vector, and which is such that reversing the vectors is complex
conjugation.
From: Jed Rothwell
G. Dyson writes in Turing's Cathedral that during the oral examination: ". .
. David Hilbert was reported to h
Von Neumann published his first major paper at age 17, and then attended
two universities at the same time, in Zurich and Budapest. The latter he
attended for a week at the end of each term, to take the examinations. It
seems almost as an afterthought that he got a PhD at age 23.
G. Dyson writes i
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