John Rogers, a professor of Materials Science in Illinois, had gave a talk on how he spinned off a company from his research. At the end of the talk, he concluded with his favorite quote regarding science and engineering. It's from the famous scientist and engineer Theodore von Kármán:
Scientists discover the world that already exists;
Engineers create a world that has never been there.
Something to think about.
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Quote of the Day
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, addressed the 356th commencement of Harvard graduates. On
the recently event that he was granted an honory Harvard Law degree 35 years after he dropped
out, and in next year or so he would quit the chairman post of microsoft to full time participate
in philantrophic organization, he said:
I'll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume… I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees."
the recently event that he was granted an honory Harvard Law degree 35 years after he dropped
out, and in next year or so he would quit the chairman post of microsoft to full time participate
in philantrophic organization, he said:
I'll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume… I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees."
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