Edward Teller Quotes About Simplicity

Quotes about: Simplicity

• A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

  Edward Teller

  Believe, Science, Simple

  Edward Teller, Wendy Teller, Wilson Talley (2013). “Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics”, p.69, Basic Books

• Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

  Edward Teller

  Nature, Science, Order

  Edward Teller (1981). “The Pursuit of Simplicity”, Pepperdine Press

• It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it is not true. The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. This, of course, goes contrary to what everyone accepts.

  Edward Teller

  Believe, Knowledge, Acceptance

  Edward Teller, Wendy Teller, Wilson Talley (2013). “Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics”, p.2, Basic Books

• The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

  Edward Teller

  Science, Simplicity, Purpose

  Edward Teller, Wendy Teller, Wilson Talley (2013). “Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics”, p.2, Basic Books

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