Science
The brilliant contributions to atomic physics of Niels Bohr (1885–1962), quantum physics and the stopping of light, and advances in nano-technology, as well as contributions to the understanding of Bose-Einstein Condensates by Lene Vestergaard Hau (1959-); the contributions to linguistics by Rasmus Rask (1787-1832), Otto Jespersen (1860 –1943) and Vilhelm Thomsen (1842-1927); Ludwig A. Colding's (1815–1888) neglected articulation of the principle of conservation of energy, the pioneering work in anatomy and geology by Nicolas Steno (1638–1686), and the astronomical discoveries of Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and Ole Rømer (1644-1710) indicate the range of Danish scientific achievement.
Danes have made significant contributions to the field of computer science. Some notable figures include: Per Brinch Hansen, known for concurrent programming theory; Bjarne Stroustrup, who invented the C++ programming language; Janus Friis, the co-inventor of Skype; Jens and Lars Rasmussen, the co-founders of Google Maps; and Peter Naur, a contributor to ALGOL 60 and a receipant of the Turing Award
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“Thinking is seeing.... Every human science is based on deduction, which is a slow process of seeing by which we work up from the effect to the cause; or, in a wider sense, all poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There’s revenge for this humanity. What manner of man does science make? The boy is not attracted. He says, I do not wish to be such a kind of man as my professor is.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)