Language Quote by Freeman Dyson

“The language that nature speaks is the same language that we invented for mathematics. That's just an amazing piece of luck, which we don't understand.”

Freeman Dyson

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“Sanity is, in essence, nothing more than the ability to live in harmony with nature's laws.”

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The laws of nature are constructed in such a way as to make the universe as interesting as possible.

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The history of mathematics is a history of horrendously difficult problems being solved by young people too ignorant to know that they were impossible.

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Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.

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A model is done when nothing else can be taken out.

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