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Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product of experiment and work based on physical reasoning, rather than on the mathematicians' calculations and formulae. Precisely the opposite impression is obtained from many of our present day text books and publications.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of practical experimentation over theoretical calculations in the innovation process.
Edwin Howard Armstrong highlights that the inventions that led to the creation of radio technology were born from hands-on experimentation and a deep understanding of physical principles. He argues that many modern texts misrepresent this, suggesting that mathematical formulas are the sole foundations of such inventions, whereas real-world testing and reasoning played a critical role in their development.
Themes
InventionInnovationExperimentationTechnologyRadio
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of hands-on experience in education.
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