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| brett |
 Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:07 am |
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Einstein described his attraction to science as a "flight" from
something to something. I heard this quote on the radio a while back
and didn't understand what the host was saying. I can't find a similar
quote by Einstein on the web. Any ideas?
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Brett |
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| John Zinni |
| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:17 am |
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"brett" <account@cygen.com> wrote in message
news:1108130843.273465.241100@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
[quote:810165015c]Einstein described his attraction to science as a "flight" from
something to something. I heard this quote on the radio a while back
and didn't understand what the host was saying. I can't find a similar
quote by Einstein on the web. Any ideas?
[/quote:810165015c]
"The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from
wonder."
Albert Einstein
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~burc0050/quotes_einstein.html
[quote:810165015c]
Thanks,
Brett
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| Dirk Van de moortel |
| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:51 am |
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"John Zinni" <j_zinni.NOCRAP@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:083Pd.5411$504.827267@news20.bellglobal.com...
[quote:5050c8e5f6]"brett" <account@cygen.com> wrote in message
news:1108130843.273465.241100@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Einstein described his attraction to science as a "flight" from
something to something. I heard this quote on the radio a while back
and didn't understand what the host was saying. I can't find a similar
quote by Einstein on the web. Any ideas?
"The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual
flight from wonder."
Albert Einstein
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~burc0050/quotes_einstein.html
[/quote:5050c8e5f6]
Hm, I haven't seen the original quote in German, but from
what I learned at school, I think the translation should
perhaps rather be "... a flight *of* wonder".
I guess the original word was "flug".
Then someone translated the word to "flight" in the
meaning of "an act or instance of passing through the
air by the use of wings", but then someone else
interpreted the word flight as "an act or instance of
running away".
I cannot imagine that Einstein thought that scientific
discovery was an act of running away from wonder,
quite on the contrary...
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| Raymond Yohros |
| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 12:24 pm |
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Einstein was a tripper. sometimes dreams when you're
a child can stay with you forever. it was not
until after he made the journey in his mind that
he was able to talk about it.
exploration and the desire to understand is the
main attraction we all have to science but
a trip it's only good if it can be proove to be
in tune with reality.
www.sonofsound.com
John Zinni wrote:
[quote:e8ea90bdb5]"brett" <account@cygen.com> wrote in message
news:1108130843.273465.241100@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
Einstein described his attraction to science as a "flight" from
something to something. I heard this quote on the radio a while
back
and didn't understand what the host was saying. I can't find a
similar
quote by Einstein on the web. Any ideas?
"The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual
flight from
wonder."
Albert Einstein
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~burc0050/quotes_einstein.html
Thanks,
Brett
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| Ken S. Tucker |
| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:25 pm |
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Brett, geography.
see AE's IMDB biography...(Internet movie database). |
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