“Every problem in quantum physics had to be first “solved” using classical physics, and then be reworked by the judicious insertion of… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“Heisenberg's uncertainty relation measures the amount by which the complementary descriptions of the electron, or other fundamental entities, overlap. Position is very… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
In the world of the very small, where particle and wave aspects of reality are equally significant, things do not behave in any way… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“...it is not the way of science to sit idly back and hope that someone will come up with a "better" answer to our… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“Sir Arthur Eddington summed up the situation brilliantly in his book The Nature of the Physical World, published in 1929. "No familiar conceptions can… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Einstein” — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“...the best things in science are both beautiful and simple, a fact that all too many teacher conceal from their students, by accident or… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“From this", says Schrödinger, "I learned many things, but not religion." His favourite question was, "Sir, do you really believe that?” — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“It isn't just that Bohr's atom with its electron "orbits" is a false picture; all pictures are false, and there is no physical analogy… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“...there is no underlying reality to the world. "Reality," in the everyday sense, is not a good way to think about the behavior of… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“Every problem in quantum physics had to be first “solved” using classical physics, and then be reworked by the judicious insertion of quantum numbers… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
“The natural effect of processes going on in the Universe is to move from a state of order to a state of disorder, unless… — John Gribbin Copy Share Image
