coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
An extrapolation of its present rate of growth reveals that in the not too distant future Physical Review will fill bookshelves at… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
Over the past fifty years or so, scientists have allowed the conventions of expression available to them to become entirely too confining. — David Mermin Copy Share Image
If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate! — David Mermin Copy Share Image
...contemporary physicists come in two varieties. Type 1 physicists are bothered by EPR and Bell's Theorem. Type 2 (the majority) are not, but one… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that the best… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery that one… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful papers in physics that I know of is yours in the American Journal of Physics. — David Mermin Copy Share Image
I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it. — David Mermin Copy Share Image
Over the past fifty years or so, scientists have allowed the conventions of expression available to them to become entirely too confining, too confining.… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
An extrapolation of its present rate of growth reveals that in the not too distant future Physical Review will fill bookshelves at a speed… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
