 | Electronic journals - 1922 - 556 pages
...mathematics, Einstein's position is quite definite ; for him mathematics is " transcendental ". " As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain ; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. The logicalformal alone forms the subject-matter... | |
 | Albert Einstein - Relativity (Physics) - 1922 - 84 pages
...properties of real things. In my opinion the answer to this question is, briefly, this : — As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain ; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. It seems to me that complete clearness as... | |
 | Hans Reichenbach - Gardening - 1978 - 470 pages
...To the question about the apodictic certainty of the geometrical axioms, Einstein answers: "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality". Subsequently, he distinguishes the purely... | |
 | Michael Albert, Robin Hahnel - Education - 1978 - 388 pages
...leftists the word "science" is much more popular? REVOLUTION: ART OR SCIENCE Einstein said that "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."2 All the more so for the laws of revolution.... | |
 | Katherine Ramsland - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2002 - 308 pages
...in words, or "the Tao that can be expressed is not the eternal Tao." Einstein likewise said, "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain. As far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." So during the time when Dracula roamed London... | |
 | Mark De Rond - Business & Economics - 2003 - 252 pages
...exists, at least in principle. In this respect, Einstein's aside may not be entirely irrelevant: 'so far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain. And so far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.'2 In this book, I examine the implications... | |
 | Dany Spencer Adams - Mathematics - 2003 - 292 pages
...account when any piece of laboratory equipment is used. These are discussed below. Uncertainty As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Life is uncertain;... | |
 | Panos M. Pardalos, Henry Wolkowicz - Mathematics - 196 pages
...combinatorial optimization problems. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Michigan, 2002. Volume 37, 2003 As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. -Albert Einstein Modeling and Optimization... | |
 | Shelby D. Hunt - Business & Economics - 2003 - 364 pages
...purely analytical or formal nature of mathematics. As Einstein (1923, p. 28) later phrased it: "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." The empiricism-rationalism debate resolved... | |
 | Jan Emblemsvåg - Business & Economics - 2003 - 336 pages
...to formulate mathematically. Consequently, there are limitations, as Albert Einstein put it: As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. Outside of this, no limitations exist. However,... | |
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As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain ; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality. 
