Astronomy Quote by Edsger Dijkstra Download Open image “Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.” — Edsger Dijkstra ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astronomy Computer science Computers Science
Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
[Computer science] is not really about computers and it's not about computers in the same sense that physics is not really about particle accelerators,… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes, biology is about microscopes or chemistry is about beakers and test tubes.… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter. — Stan Kelly-Bootle Copy Share Image
People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
Now, the reason that we think computer science is about computers is pretty much the same reason that the Egyptians thought geometry was about… — Hal Abelson Copy Share Image
People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
Computer science really involves the same mindset, particularly artificial intelligence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
Computer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science. — Neil Gershenfeld Copy Share Image
Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least a factor… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
The computing scientist's main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Probably I am very naive, but I also think I prefer to remain so, at least for the time being and perhaps for the… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
In the good old days physicists repeated each other's experiments, just to be sure. Today they stick to FORTRAN, so that they can share… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
The use of anthropomorphic terminology forces you linguistically to adopt an operational view. And it makes it practically impossible to argue about programs independently… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Please don't fall into the trap of believing that I am terribly dogmatical about [the goto statement]. I have the uncomfortable feeling that others… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses. — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
I now have had my foggy crystal ball for quite a long time. Its predictions are invariably gloomy and usually correct, but I am… — Edsger Dijkstra Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Wen daylight turns to a darkened hue, D lovely stars hinting at u, ur heart beat tells u something true, That some 1 badly… — Butterfly_Kisses Copy Share Image
Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
From the grasses in the field to the stars in the sky, each one is doing just that; and there is such profound peace… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to the stars we join in their quest for… — Ramon Ravenswood Copy Share Image
“If there are no stars on the sky, you must try to be happy with the shining streetlights!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Twinking tears in a sea of black. Soft light in a world of darkness. Tiny wishes in a place of dreams. Do you see… — Nicole Gentile Copy Share Image
Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars." ... quote has been credited to Les Brown.” — Sylviek Copy Share Image
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