David Ruelle Quotes

What is the origin of the urge, the fascincation that drives physicists, mathematicians, and presumably other scientists as well? Psychoanalysis suggests that it is sexual curiosity. You start by asking where little babies come from, one thing leads to another, and you find yourself preparing nitroglycerine or solving differential equations. This explanation is somewhat irritating, and therefore probably basically correct.

David Ruelle

Baby, Science, Finding Yourself

David Ruelle (1993). “Chance and Chaos”, p.164, Princeton University Press

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