This is not what I thought physics was about when I started out: I learned that the idea is to explain nature… — Hans Christian von Baeyer Copy Share Image
“space has. If the Mathematical Universe Hypothesis is correct, then our Universe is a mathematical structure, and from its description, an infinitely… — Max Tegmark Copy Share Image
So for instance it becomes clear why space and time and even the properties of matter itself depend on the observer in… — Robert Lanza 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
There's a law of physics: For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that shows up in politics and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
To the extent that we even understand string theory, it may imply a massive number of possible different universes with different laws… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Each galaxy, star, or person is the temporary owner of particles that have passed through the births and deaths of entities across… — Neil Shubin Copy Share Image
Philosophy used to be a field that had content, but then 'natural philosophy' became physics, and physics has only continued to make… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
If physics leads us today to a world view which is essentially mystical, it returns, in a way, to its beginning, 2,500… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing.… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father… — Paul McEuen Copy Share Image
“A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought… — C.P. Snow Copy Share Image
“Where Damien and I are concerned, there is never just silence. There is heat and electricity and lust and need, all harnessing… — J. Kenner Copy Share Image
Conferences with open attendance are very important for the stimulation of young people or other people who are new in the field.… — Victor Frederick Weisskopf Copy Share Image
“These two discoveries, of relativity and of the quantum, each required us to break definitively with Newtonian physics. However, in spite of… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
I don't. We've had three technological revolutions that have changed the course of human history, all driven by physics. In the first,… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Symmetries are the playing field on which the physical world works and which determine the rules of the game. The symmetries of… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
There's no law of physics that says we have to be an unsustainable society - in fact, quite the opposite. The planet's… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
It is the movement between the negative and positive poles that creates electricity. It is the attraction between the male and the… — Margot Anand Copy Share Image
But even technical work filled with formulas can be valuable and important. Einstein offered a lot of technical work on quantum physics,… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Let me tell you about Australia. It's really, really, really, far from wherever you live on Earth. You fly and you fly… — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
“[On the practical applications of particle physics research with the Large Hadron Collider.] Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
There is the Watchmaker Theory that God wound up the universe and let it tick. That may be. or it may be… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Ribofunk indicates a focus on biology as the upcoming big science in the way that physics was for the last 50 or… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Modern physics had shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service… — Adolphe Quetelet Copy Share Image
The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In the physical universe, there are objects that include suns, planets, all life, and all matter in all dimensions. And then there… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
“As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial… — Nicolaas Bloembergen Copy Share Image
We have to create miracles. A miracle is not the intersession of an external divine agency in violation of the laws of… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
I enjoyed Old Man's War immensely. A space war story with fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
The aether: Invented by Isaac Newton, reinvented by James Clerk Maxwell. This is the stuff that fills up the empty space of… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Aren’t you at all curious about your past?” Rhys asked. “No, my present is who I am. Your identity is whoever you… — Jeffrey Perren Copy Share Image
“Since so much of the physical universe, from brain waves to quantum waves, relies upon travelling waves we appreciate the key role… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
“Each pleasure we feel is a pleasure less; each day a stroke on a calendar. What we will not accept is that… — John Fowles Copy Share Image