Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)

Konrad Zuse

Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse (June 22, 1910 – December 18, 1995)was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse is regarded by some as the inventor and father of the modern computer.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Konrad Zuse

Computers

¶ The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!

Attributed to Zuse in: Ra L Rojas, Ulf Hashagen (2002) The First Computers: History and Architectures. p.270.[2]

¶ Die Gefahr, dass der Computer so wird wie der Mensch, ist nicht so groß wie die Gefahr, dass der Mensch so wird wie der Computer.

Translation: The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.

Attributed in: Hersfelder Zeitung. Nr. 212, 12. September 2005.

Researchers

¶ Der Glaube an eine bestimmte Idee gibt dem Forscher den Rückhalt für seine Arbeit. Ohne diesen Glauben wäre er verloren in einem Meer von Zweifeln und halbgültigen Beweisen.

Translation: The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.

Attributed in Konrad Zuse on "Die Erfindergalerie", dpma.de, 2008.

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Konrad Zuse in 1992

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu ( pronounced [aɡˈnɛs ˈɡɔndʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), more commonly known as Mother Teresa, was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950. For over 45 years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death, she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta".

Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity at the time of her death had 610 missions in 123 countries including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programmes, orphanages and schools. She received numerous awards including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, and the Bharat Ratna in 1980.

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Quotes·Quotation

Advice

¶ If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa