Ive always really been into science, and in the last five years Ive gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the… — Adam Pascal Copy Share Image
My background is in theoretical physics, and it's something very close to my heart. — Yuri Milner Copy Share Image
Most people don't have time to master the very mathematical details of theoretical physics. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I want to study theoretical physics because it is one of the hardest things there is. — Sergio Marchionne Copy Share Image
In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..." — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition. — David Gross Copy Share Image
“The people who actually make the advances in theoretical physics don't think in these categories that the philosophers and the historians of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is the world's greatest pure physics thinktank, and it's located here in Canada, in Waterloo, Ont. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
It is tribute to how far we have come in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
In theoretical physics, one can, in principle, work from anyplace as long as one has a computer and Internet connection. So I… — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
“Being late was a special kind of modern suffering, with blended elements of rising tension, self-blame, self-pity, misanthropy, and a yearning for… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
Theoretical physics hardly requires any research funding, so I never felt the need. The overall government and institutional support has been good… — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
It would of course be a great step forward if we succeeded in combining the gravitational field and the electromagnetic field into… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The first thing to realize about physics ... is its extraordinary indirectness… For physics is not about the real world, it is… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
“With the possible exception of the higher reaches of pure mathematics or theoretical physics, one can scarcely imagine anything more inhuman than… — Mark Rowlands Copy Share Image
The chief difficulty of modern theoretical physics resides not in the fact that it expresses itself almost exclusively in mathematical symbols, but… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
“From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science… — David Gross Copy Share Image
I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“A foot note in Scale, Geoffery West: The full quotation from Einstein is worth repeating because it emphasizes a central dictum of… — Einstein Albert 1879-1955 Copy Share Image
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge… — Max Born Copy Share Image
“The mind calls out for a third theory to unify all of physics, and for a simple reason. Nature is in an… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“When { Born and Heisenberg and the Göttingen theoretical physicists} first discovered matrix mechanics they were having, of course, the same kind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned… — Nicholas Metropolis Copy Share Image
“When you ask what are electrons and protons I ought to answer that this question is not a profitable one to ask… — Paul A.M. Dirac Copy Share Image
“Many scientists have tried to make determinism and complementarity the basis of conclusions that seem to me weak and dangerous; for instance,… — Louis de Broglie Copy Share Image
“Early in April 1933, the German government passed a law declaring that Jews (defined as anyone with a Jewish grandparent) could not… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“The Five Great Problems in Theoretical Physics: Problem 1: Combine general relativity and quantum theory into a single theory that can claim… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“Einstein, twenty-six years old, only three years away from crude privation, still a patent examiner, published in the Annalen der Physik in… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
“I think that thinking of our material universe, the one we perceive with our sense, as the only thing is not only… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“Another time somebody gave a talk about poetry. He talked about the structure of the poem and the emotions that come with… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
“Whenever liquid water makes the transition to ice, energy is given off to the surroundings. In the process, the water itself assumes… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault, but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to… — Pierre Duhem Copy Share Image