Warren Weaver

(1894–1978) Mathematician United States

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Warren Weaver was a mathematician from the United States, best known for Lady Luck.

Quick Facts About Warren Weaver

Born: July 17, 1894
Died: November 24, 1978
Nationality: United States
Profession: Mathematician
Notable works: Lady Luck

About Warren Weaver

Warren Weaver was an American scientist, mathematician, and science administrator. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of machine translation and as an important figure in creating support for science in the United States.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Kalinga Prize NAS Public Welfare Medal Fellow of the American Physical Society

Quotes by Warren Weaver

One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange…

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Average

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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

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Essentials

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Science tries to answer the question: "How?" How do cells act in the body? How do you design an airplane that will…

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Airplane

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Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad,…

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Animal

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Every new discovery of science is a further 'revelation' of the order which God has built into His universe.

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Accounts

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Science is not gadgetry.

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Science

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Beadle believed that genetics were inseparable from chemistry-more precisely, biochemistry. They were, he said, "two doors leading to the same room."

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Biochemistry

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