Charles Proteus Steinmetz quotes

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a German-American mathematician and electrical engineer, renowned for his work on alternating current (AC) theory. His contributions made AC power practical and laid the foundation for the modern electrical grid. He became a legendary figure in the development of electrical engineering and inspired generations of scientists. Here are 10 of his quotes:

Scientific theories need reconstruction every now and then. If they didn't need reconstruction they would be facts, not theories.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

In a mathematical sense, space is manifoldness, or combination of numbers. Physical space is known as the 3-dimension system. There is the 4-dimension system, there is the 10-dimension system.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

When it comes to scientific matters the ready talkers simply run riot. There are a lot of pseudo-scientists who with a little technical jargon to spatter through their talk are always getting in the limelight by making startling predictions of what the future has in store, using as their text the most recent discovery or invention.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

The most important advance in the next fifty years will be in the realm of the spiritual - dealing with the spirit of thought.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

No evidence or proof of the existence of a God has been found in the phenomena of nature, based on experience.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

The scientist is contented if he can contribute something toward the knowledge of what is and how it is.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

We don't know the why of anything. On that matter we are no further advanced than was the cavedweller. The scientist is contented if he can contribute something toward the knowledge of what is and how it is.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz