Daniel Bernoulli

Physics Switzerland 1700 – 1782 99 quotes

Swiss mathematician and physicist who developed Bernoulli's principle, foundational to aerodynamics and hydrodynamics.

Quotes by Daniel Bernoulli

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

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Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

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The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

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I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.

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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

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The only real valuable thing is intuition.

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The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

General observation

Momentum is the quantity of motion and the velocity of the body multiplied by its mass.

Hydrodynamica 1738

The utility resulting from any small increase in wealth will be inversely proportionate to the quantity of goods previously possessed.

Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk 1738

In the theory of probabilities, we must consider not only the number of cases favorable to an event, but also the degrees of probability of each case.

Commentaries of the St. Petersburg Academy 1766

Nature always tends to the equilibrium of forces.

Hydrodynamica 1738

The pressure of a fluid is greater where the velocity is less.

Hydrodynamica 1738

Happiness is the measure of utility in human affairs.

Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk 1738

The vibrations of the air produce sound, and the laws of these vibrations are mathematical.

Treatise on Vibrations 1728

In medicine, as in physics, we must seek the causes hidden in the phenomena.

Medical Dissertation 1742

The force of the heart is the key to understanding circulation.

Hydrodynamica 1738

Probability is the guide of life in uncertain times.

Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk 1738

The Bernoulli family has produced more mathematicians than any other, yet rivalry shadows genius.

Letter to Johann Bernoulli II 1750