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Scientist's quotes: 

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most 
discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny...� -Isaac Asimov 

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. -Wernher Von Braun
 
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that 
will endure as long as life lasts. -Rachel Carson 

The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance. -Robert
 R. Coveyou
  
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure 
about the former. -Albert Einstein 

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it 
seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear 
of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after 
rational knowledge. -Albert Einstein 

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of 
good will. -Albert Einstein 

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all 
comprehensible. -Albert Einstein 

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter 
cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary 
prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. -Albert Einstein 

A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and 
social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeeded be in a poor 
way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after 
death. -Albert Einstein 

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source 
of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can 
no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes 
are closed. -Albert Einstein 

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more 
important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. 
 -Albert Einstein 
 
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. -Albert Einstein 

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. -Albert Einstein 

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a 
miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein 

Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the 
thought is staggering. -Buckminster Fuller 

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with 
sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. -Galileo Galilei
 
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. -Stephen Hawking 

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances. 
If there is any reaction, both are transformed. -Carl G. Jung 

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. -Carl Jung
 
In terms of the game theory, we might say the universe is so constituted as to 
maximize play. The best games are not those in which all goes smoothly and 
steadily toward a certain conclusion, but those in which the outcome is always 
in doubt. Similarly, the geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of 
maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos. Every 
important call is a close one. We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. 
We really wouldn't want it any other way. -George Leonard
 
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the 
world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead 

I must admit I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an 
individual makes to her or his fellow human beings. -Margaret Mead 

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. -Isaac Newton
 
I am become death, shatterer of worlds. 
Robert J. Oppenheimer, citing from the Bhaghavadgita after witnessing the testing of the first atomic bomb.
 
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good 
argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their 
minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It 
doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change 
is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time 
someting like that happened in politics or religion. -Carl Sagan
 
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are 
laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they 
laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. -Carl Sagan
 
To make an apple pie from scratch, we must first invent the universe. -Carl Sagan

What is energy-systems-engineering? -

The technical university of Clausthal is the first german

university that introduced the subject.

It is pretty new as an independant degree; at most other

technical universities it is

part of electrical- or mechanical engineering.

EST (energy systems technology) is aimed at teaching an overview on

todays energy-mix and the necessary

knowledge on

energy production, /-transportation, /-transformation and

/-conservation whether electric or thermal.

I am an 8.^th-semester student at Clausthal. Like most of the

students who are studying EST with me

I focus on electrical energy with a strong emphasis on regenerative energies.

I plan on finishing probably april or may next year.

I`ll be one of the first five est-engineers,

so be quick to hire me :-) !

here are some links on the subject;

mostly on my university, so they are in german,

BUT most pages also have an english version.

They are pretty good I think, also if you happen to be a german high-school student

and try to find out what you`d like to study. Go ahead, I survived it! :-)

IEE (Institute of electrical energy-technology, Clausthal)

yahoo query on Energiesystemtechnik

Fachschaft MVC (Maschinenbau, Verfahrenstechnik, Chemieing.,... EST an der TU Clausthal

das IST die zentrale Studienberatung der TU Clausthal

private homepage of Nis Martensen, another student of EST at Heim3 in Clausthal