Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Manfred Eigen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German scientist Manfred Eigen.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Manfred Eigen

Manfred Eigen was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on measuring fast chemical reactions.

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. — © Manfred Eigen
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
One will only be free when one plays and one's society will become a piece of art". - Herbert Marcuse "Play is a phenomenon of nature and has directed the course of the world from the beginning of time: the formation of matter, its organization into living structures as well as the social behavior of man.
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