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George Bernhard Dantzig
(8 Nov 1914 - 13 May 2004)
American .
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Science Quotes by George Bernhard Dantzig (1 quote)
True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modern research to decision processes.
— George Bernhard Dantzig
In Eberhard Zeidler, Applied Functional Analysis: main principles and their applications (1995), 1.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
