The chief difficulty of modern theoretical physics resides not in the fact that it expresses itself almost exclusively in mathematical symbols, but in the psychological difficulty of supposing that complete nonsense can be seriously promulgated and transmitted by persons who… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
What appear to be the most valuable aspects of the theoretical physics we have are the mathematical descriptions which enable us to predict events. These equations are, we would argue, the only realities we can be certain of in physics;… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
The charms of money are distinctly under-represented in literature. There are no songs or poems extolling its virtues. This seems on the face of… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Research is a way of taking calculated risks to bring about incalculable consequences. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
It is curious that while one's education is the part of one's life over the conditions of which one has least individual control, the… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic… — Celia Green 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 in the… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Most of the research which is done is determined by the requirement that it shall, in a fairly obvious and predictable way, reinforce the… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
