"Engineering is too important to wait for science." — Benoit Mandelbrot
"Engineering is too important to wait for science."
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42 Quotes by Benoit Mandelbrot
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Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations,…
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Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to…
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I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields. It…
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The existence of these patterns [fractals] challenges us to study forms that Euclid leaves aside as being formless, to investigate…
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Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of…
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The theory of probability is the only mathematical tool available to help map the unknown and the uncontrollable. It is…
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My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact.
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The Mandelbrot set is the most complex mathematical object known to mankind.
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Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning…
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The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people.
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Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end.
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When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don't believe that when the stock…
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that…
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Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
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Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't…
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Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold…
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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off.…
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Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and…
— Vince Cable
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There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration.
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During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though…
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Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one's financial success is due one's technical knowledge and about…
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With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to…
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Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly,…
— Freeman A. Hrabowski III
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In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day…
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