Kármán Tódor idézet

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Kármán Tódor idézetek

„Röviden: optimista vagyok. Hiszem, hogy jót hoz a jövő. És ha csekély mértékben ehhez én is hozzájárulhattam, akkor meg vagyok elégedve.”

Kármán Tódor

Kármán Tódor: Idézetek angolul

“Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.”

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Theodore von Kármán

November 1957 - Told to Joseph G. Martin, then Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Hooks, as Lt. Martin escorted Dr. von Kármán from New York City to lead a secret symposium on space flight in Cloudcroft, NM. Sputnik had been launched a month before and every branch of the US military had a separate space program and were desperately trying to get off a successful launch.
The Life and Times of Joe Gordon (To the Best of My Recollection) by Joseph G. Martin (self published, 2007)

“A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.”

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Theodore von Kármán

Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)

“I came to realize that exaggerated concern about what others are doing can be foolish. It can paralyze effort, and stifle a good idea. One finds that in the history of science almost every problem has been worked out by someone else. This should not discourage anyone from pursuing his own path.”

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Theodore von Kármán

The Wind and Beyond, 1967