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Charles Proteus Steinmetz Quotes

1865–1923 Germany

Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was a German-American mathematician and electrical engineer. He proposed the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers.

Germany
Engineers

Also known as: Charles Steinmetz, Steinmetz

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In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk.

New York Times interview (1911)

Scientific theories need reconstruction every now and then. If they didn't need reconstruction they would be facts, not theories.

New York Times interview (1911)

In a mathematical sense, space is manifoldness, or combination of numbers. Physical space is known as the 3-dimension system. There is the 4-dimension system, there is the 10-dimension system.

New York Times interview (1911)

We don't know the why of anything. On that matter we are no further advanced than was the cavedweller. The scientist is contented if he can contribute something toward the knowledge of what is and how it is.

New York Times interview (1911)

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

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Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we have.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Charles Proteus Steinmetz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.