All models divide naturally...into two a priori parts: one is kinematics, whose aim is to parameterize the forms of the states of the process under consideration, and the other is dynamics, describing the evolution in time of these forms.
The world of ideas is not revealed to us in one stroke; we must both permanently and unceasingly recreate it in our consciousness. - Rene Thom
The world of ideas is not revealed to us in one stroke; we must both permanently and unceasingly recreate it in our consciousness.
- Rene Thom
The purely formal language of geometry describes adequately the reality of space. We might say, in this sense, that geometry is successful magic. I s… - Rene Thom
The purely formal language of geometry describes adequately the reality of space. We might say, in this sense, that geometry is successful magic. I s…
Catastrophe Theory is-quite likely-the first coherent attempt (since Aristotelian logic) to give a theory on analogy. When narrow-minded scientists o… - Rene Thom
Catastrophe Theory is-quite likely-the first coherent attempt (since Aristotelian logic) to give a theory on analogy. When narrow-minded scientists o…
Quantum mechanics, with its leap into statistics, has been a mere palliative for our ignorance - Rene Thom
Quantum mechanics, with its leap into statistics, has been a mere palliative for our ignorance
At a time when so many scholars in the world are calculating, is it not desirable that some, who can, dream ? - Rene Thom
At a time when so many scholars in the world are calculating, is it not desirable that some, who can, dream ?
Topology is precisely the mathematical discipline that allows the passage from local to global. - Rene Thom
Topology is precisely the mathematical discipline that allows the passage from local to global.
The importance of the "New Mathematics" lies mainly in the fact that it has taught us the difference between the disc and the circle. - Rene Thom
The importance of the "New Mathematics" lies mainly in the fact that it has taught us the difference between the disc and the circle.
All models divide naturally...into two a priori parts: one is kinematics, whose aim is to parameterize the forms of the states of the process under c… - Rene Thom
All models divide naturally...into two a priori parts: one is kinematics, whose aim is to parameterize the forms of the states of the process under c…
I believe that proving is not a natural activity for mathematicians. - Rene Thom
I believe that proving is not a natural activity for mathematicians.
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