John William Dunne

Person · Open Library

Born

1875

Died

1949

Works

30

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1958-02-01

Active to

2020-03-24

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

   · 1996 · cited 204,591x

2. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

   · 1996 · cited 62,978x

3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 44,841x

4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 43,635x

5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 39,567x

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Quotes

• “But the facts are unquestioned. The aeroplane does do these things, and if the theory does not give warranty for the practice, then it is the theory which is wrong.”
• “Now, when we say of any occurrence that it is 'physical', we mean thereby that it is potentially describable in physical terms. (Otherwise the expression would be wholly meaningless.) So it is perfectly correct, to state that, in every happening with which our sensory nerves are associated, we find, after we have abstracted therefrom every known or imaginable physical component, certain categorically nonphysical residua.”
• “We have now arrived within introductory range of that very meek-spirited creature known to modern science as the "Observer". It is a permanent obstacle in the path of our search for external reality that we can never entirely get rid of this individual. Picture the universe how we may, the picture remains of our making.”
• “It is never entirely safe to laugh at the metaphysics of the 'man-in-the-street'. Basic ideas which have become enshrined in popular language cannot be wholly foolish or unwarranted. For that sort of canonization must mean, at least, that the notions in question have stood the test of numerous centuries and have been accorded unhesitating acceptance wherever speech has made its way.”
• “Reasoning is a retrospective business—the judging of a present situation in the light of past experience.”
• “We must live before we can attain to either intelligence or control at all. We must sleep if we are not to find ourselves, at death, helplessly strange to the new conditions. And we must die before we can hope to advance to a broader understanding.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Family name

Q17425950

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Curragh Camp

Place of death

Banbury

Occupation

aerospace engineer

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

aeronautical engineering

Conflict

Second Boer War

Military branch

British Army

Image

John William Dunne.jpg

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