... (a flash of insight) never comes by itself, in the sense that it comes effortless. You really need to work for it. There is a good proverb that s… - Carlo Beenakker
" "... (a flash of insight) never comes by itself, in the sense that it comes effortless. You really need to work for it. There is a good proverb that says "fortuity helps the prepared mind." Insight will come by chance, but you only get it if you are prepared. Insight doesn't come by its own.
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Carlo W. J. Beenakker (born June 9, 1960) is a professor at Leiden University and leader of the university's mesoscopic physics group, established in 1992. In 1997, he was awarded the Spinoza Prize, the "Dutch Nobel prize".
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Carlo Willem Joannes Beenakker
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… mathematicians are much more concerned for example with the structure behind something or with the whole edifice. Mathematicians are not really puzzlers. Those who really solve mathematical puzzles are the physicists. If you like to solve mathematical puzzles, you should not study mathematics but physics!
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... de wiskunde (houdt) zich veel meer bezig (...) met bijvoorbeeld de structuur achter iets of met het bouwwerk van iets. Wiskundigen zijn ook niet echt een soort puzzelaars. Degenen die echt wiskundige puzzels oplossen dat zijn de natuurkundigen. Als je het leuk vindt om wiskundige puzzels op te lossen, moet je geen wiskunde maar natuurkunde gaan studeren!
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