Quotes
“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”
“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”
― Albert Einstein
“Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance.”
“Engineering is the art of modelling materials we do not wholly understand, into shapes we cannot precisely analyse so as to withstand forces we cannot properly assess, in such a way that the public has no reason to suspect the extent of our ignorance.”
― Dr AR Dykes
“Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a creative activity, involving imagination, intuition and deliberate choice.”
“Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a creative activity, involving imagination, intuition and deliberate choice.”
― Ove Arup
“Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.”
“Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.”
― Theodore von Karman
"All models are wrong. Some models are useful"
"All models are wrong. Some models are useful"
― George E. P. Box
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
― Albert Einstein
"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind."
"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind."
― William Thomson, Lord Kelvin
“That which you most need will be found where you least want to look”
“That which you most need will be found where you least want to look”
― Carl Gustav Jung
“A person usually has two reasons for doing something, a good reason and the real reason.”
“A person usually has two reasons for doing something, a good reason and the real reason.”
― Thomas Carlyle
"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. "
"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. "
― Abraham Lincoln.