Ifs Quotes by Steven Weinberg

8 Ifs quotes by Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg’s physicist mind frames “Ifs” in eight succinct statements. He brings a logical, often awe‑inspired perspective to imagined alternatives, reminding readers of the vastness of possibility.

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If (the antiproton) had not been discovered, the foundations of physics really would have crumbled.

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If history is any guide at all, it seems to me to suggest that there is a final theory. In this century…

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If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern…

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If you have bought one of those T-shirts with Maxwell's equations on the front, you may have to worry about its going…

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If language is to be of any use to us, then we ought to try and preserve the meaning of words, and…

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A theorist today is hardly considered respectable if he or she has not introduced at least one new particle for which there…

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How strange it would be if the final theory were to be discovered in our lifetimes! The discovery of the final laws…

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If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men…

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“Plato and the neo-Platonists taught that the beauty we see in nature is a reflection of the beauty of the ultimate, the nous. For…

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An expert is a person who avoids the small errors while sweeping on to the grand fallacy.

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