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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeSep 10th 2015
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded to the entry on _[[David Hilbert]]_ a pointer to this remarkable recording: * [[David Hilbert]], _Naturerkennen und Logik_, Lecture at the _Kongress der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtze_, 1930 ([sound recording](https://soundcloud.com/richard-zach/naturerkennen-und-logik)) Added this pointer also, cross-link wise, at _[[Galileo Galilei]]_ and at _[[The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences]]_

   added to the entry on David Hilbert a pointer to this remarkable recording:

   • David Hilbert, Naturerkennen und Logik, Lecture at the Kongress der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärtze, 1930 (sound recording)

   Added this pointer also, cross-link wise, at Galileo Galilei and at The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences

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   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeSep 10th 2015
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   Format: MarkdownItexSo is that the four minutes being talked about [here](http://math.sfsu.edu/smith/Documents/HilbertRadio/HilbertRadio.pdf): >In Königsberg on 8 September 1930, David Hilbert addressed the yearly meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft der Deutschen Naturforscher und Ärzte). Generally regarded as the world’s leading mathematician, Hilbert was born and educated in Königsberg and spent the early years of his career there. Retiring at age sixty-eight from his professorship at Göttingen, he was being honored by his home city. Hilbert forcefully delineated a basic tenet of his research philosophy —that every mathematical problem is solvable—and countered a widespread but controversial opposing opinion. Shortly afterward, he read on German radio a four minute version of the finale of his speech. Is the full address anywhere?

   So is that the four minutes being talked about here:

   In Königsberg on 8 September 1930, David Hilbert addressed the yearly meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft der Deutschen Naturforscher und Ärzte). Generally regarded as the world’s leading mathematician, Hilbert was born and educated in Königsberg and spent the early years of his career there. Retiring at age sixty-eight from his professorship at Göttingen, he was being honored by his home city. Hilbert forcefully delineated a basic tenet of his research philosophy —that every mathematical problem is solvable—and countered a widespread but controversial opposing opinion. Shortly afterward, he read on German radio a four minute version of the finale of his speech.

   Is the full address anywhere?

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeSep 10th 2015
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexAh, thanks for the pdf! That's it. Much better. I'll add the link to that.

   Ah, thanks for the pdf! That’s it. Much better. I’ll add the link to that.

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeSep 24th 2024
   • (edited Sep 24th 2024)
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexAdded ([here](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/David+Hilbert#PhysicsTooHard)) the quote > "Physics is much too hard for physicists." with reference to p 127 in * Constanze Reid: *Hilbert*, Springer (1970) &lbrack;[doi:10.1007/978-3-662-28615-9](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-28615-9)&rbrack; (also added a scan of the full enclosing paragraph from Reid's book). <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/David+Hilbert/16">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/David+Hilbert/16">v16</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/David+Hilbert">current</a>

   Added (here) the quote

   “Physics is much too hard for physicists.”

   with reference to p 127 in

   • Constanze Reid: Hilbert, Springer (1970) [doi:10.1007/978-3-662-28615-9]

   (also added a scan of the full enclosing paragraph from Reid’s book).

   diff, v16, current