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> [Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elon-musk/physics-is-really-figuring-out-how-to-discover-new-things-that-are/)

[Elon Musk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elon-musk/)

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> [“It's basic physics, really. We all need an equal and opposing force.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-buxbaum/it-s-basic-physics-really-we-all-need-an-equal-and-opposing-force/)

[Julie Buxbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-buxbaum/)

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> [Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/physics-is-really-nothing-more-than-a-search-for-ultimate-simplicity/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

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> [If (the antiproton) had not been discovered, the foundations of physics really would have crumbled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-weinberg/if-the-antiproton-had-not-been-discovered-the-foundations-of-physics/)

[Steven Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-weinberg/)

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> [But curriculum-wise, I was drawn to the sciences and specifically to physics, and I really enjoyed it and I think for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/but-curriculum-wise-i-was-drawn-to-the-sciences-and-specifically-to/)

[Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/)

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> [Ordinary language is totally unsuited for expressing what physics really asserts, since the words of everyday life are not sufficiently abstract. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/ordinary-language-is-totally-unsuited-for-expressing-what-physics/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [ \[Computer science\] is not really about computers and it's not about computers in the same sense that physics is not really about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-abelson/computer-science-is-not-really-about-computers-and-it-s-not-about/)

[Hal Abelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-abelson/)

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> [It is true that physics gives a wonderful training in precise, logical thinking-about physics. It really does depend upon accurate reproducible experiments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-standen/it-is-true-that-physics-gives-a-wonderful-training-in-precise-logical/)

[Anthony Standen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-standen/)

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> [I was never exposed as a kid to any real science. I read the occasional popular science book, and I loved Mechanics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-was-never-exposed-as-a-kid-to-any-real-science-i-read-the/)

[Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/)

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