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Max Born (/bɔːrn/; German: [bɔɐ̯n]; 11 December 1882 – 5 January 1970) was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics and supervised the work of a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 1930s. Born won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function".

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I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.

Philosophy, Philosophical, Believe, Building, Trial, Epistemological

But in practical affairs, particularly in politics, men are needed who combine human experience and interest in human relations with a knowledge of science and technology. Moreover, they must be men of action and not contemplation. I have the impression that no method of education can produce people with all the qualities required. I am haunted by the idea that this break in human civilization, caused by the discovery of the scientific method, may be irreparable.

Combine, Education, Interest, Men, Particularly, Science

Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would make God smaller than he must be assumed. When he stated that these laws hold, then they hold, and he wouldn't make exceptions. This is too human an idea. Humans do such things, but not God.

Law, Ideas, Atheism, Against, Depressive, Natural

My advice to those who which to learn the art of scientific prophesy is not to rely on abstract reason, but to decipher the secret language of Nature from Nature's documents: the facts of experience.

Art, Advice, Secret, Prophesy, Abstract, Experience

The human race has today the means for annihilating itself--either in a fit of complete lunacy, i. e. , in a big war. . . or by the careless handling of atomic technology, through a slow process of poisoning and of deterioration in its genetic structure.

Big, Complete, Fit, Mean, Peace, War

To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a dramatic writer. The same holds for writing textbooks.

Attractive, Book, Present, Science, Stimulating, Writing

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

Philosophy, Theoretical Physics, Convinced, Actually

The problem of physics is how the actual phenomena, as observed with the help of our sense organs aided by instruments, can be reduced to simple notions which are suited for precise measurement and used of the formulation of quantitative laws. Experiment and Theory in Physics

Formulation, Help, Law, Measurement, Physics, Simple

Physics as we know it will be over in six months.

Follow Your Dreams, Six Months, Physics, Know, Months

Science is not formal logic-it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in those who already posses it.

Art, Science, Play, Creative, Formal

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.

Belief, Believe, Believers, Replaced, Scientific Method, Two

All attempts to adapt our ethical code to our situation in the technological age have failed.

Technology, Age, Ethics, Situation, Technological, Code

I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any field of science. . . This loosening of thinking seems to me to be the greatest blessing which modern science has given to us. For the belief in a single truth and in being the possessor thereof is the root cause of all evil in the world.

Believe, Thinking, Blessing, Figments, Science, Certitude

We have sought for firm ground and found none. The deeper we penetrate, the more restless becomes the universe; all is rushing about and vibrating in a wild dance.

Rushing, Restless, Found, Becomes, Firm

If alpha [the fine-structure constant] were bigger than it really is, we should not be able to distinguish matter from ether [the vacuum, nothingness], and our task to disentangle the natural laws would be hopelessly difficult. The fact however that alpha has just its value 1
137 is certainly no chance but itself a law of nature. It is clear that the explanation of this number must be the central problem of natural philosophy.

Philosophy, Law, Numbers, Vacuum, Clear, Bigger

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Education, Impossible, Reason, Sensible, Senseless

I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady progress: I am convinced that theoretical physics is actual philosophy. It has revolutionized fundamental concepts, e. g. , about space and time (relativity), about causality (quantum theory), and about substance and matter (atomistics), and it has taught us new methods of thinking (complementarity) which are applicable far beyond physics.

Philosophy, Knowledge, Science, Applicable, Progress

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

Science, Skills, Littles, Philosophically, Hitherto, Scientists

Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.

Absorbed, Atheism, Civilization, Greatly, History, Tradition

The belief in a single truth is the root cause for all evil in the world.

Belief, Evil, Roots, World

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