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Paul Karrer
(21 Apr 1889 - 18 Jun 1971)
Swiss chemist.
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Science Quotes by Paul Karrer (1 quote)
We have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that such a notion could ever have existed. [Coauthor with James R. Newman]
— Paul Karrer
In Edward Kasner and James Newman, Mathematics and the Imagination (1940, 1949), 359.
See also:
- 21 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Karrer's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
