Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.
-- David Hilbert
   
David Hilbert   Name:
David Hilbert
Type:
Mathematician
Nationality:
German
Birth:
January 23, 1862
Death:
February 14, 1943
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