“If you think you understand quantum theory . . . you don’t understand quantum theory.’*” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The quantum revolution is not the discovery of quantum physics. It is the transition from understanding quantum reality to engineering it.” — Ludmila Morozova-Buss Copy Share Image
Among the lesser effects of quantum theory are gaping holes in old ideas about causality. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“The only ‘failure’ of quantum theory is its inability to provide a natural framework for our prejudices.”1” — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“Without the possibility of error and real indeterminacy implied by the quantum theory, human liberty is meaningless.” — Heinz R. Pagels Copy Share Image
Quantum theory provides us with a striking illustration of the fact that we can fully understand a connection though we can only… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
The dividing line between the wave or particle nature of matter and radiation is the moment “Now.” As this moment steadily advances… — William Lawrence Bragg Copy Share Image
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
[When thinking about the new relativity and quantum theories] I have felt a homesickness for the paths of physical science where there… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“Problem 1: Combine general relativity and quantum theory into a single theory that can claim to be the complete theory of nature.… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“Now, at the outset of the twenty-first century, we stand on the verge of a new revolution. The search for a deeper… — Marcus Chown Copy Share Image
Classical physics has been superseded by quantum theory: quantum theory is verified by experiments. Experiments must be described in terms of classical… — Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker Copy Share Image
In Einstein's theory of relativity the observer is a man who sets out in quest of truth armed with a measuring-rod. In… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
When the province of physical theory was extended to encompass microscopic phenomena through the creation of quantum mechanics, the concept of consciousness… — Eugene Wigner Copy Share Image
“In his first philosophical lecture on modern physics that Pauli gave in November 1934 to the Zurich Philosophical Society he said that… — Charles P. Enz Copy Share Image
The words are strung together, with their own special grammar-the laws of quantum theory-to form sentences, which are molecules. Soon we have… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
“The key question for a quantum theory of gravity is then the following: Can we extend to quantum theory the principle that… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
The treatment of the indeterminacy principle as absolute and final can then be criticized as constituting an arbitrary restriction on scientific theories,… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
I have an abiding interest in how ordinary people produce knowledge, and what it means for individuals to know the world. I… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
“To know our true essence, we need to leave all of the energy of low vibrations out of our consciousness. We must… — Kenneth Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Let us begin with the fine-structure constant. ... The fine-structure constant is really the ratio of two natural units or atoms of… — Arthur Stanley Eddington Copy Share Image
“This was true of any and every aspect of knowledge; you figured out how to learn it, and you exposed yourself to… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
“Bohr is really doing what the Stoic allegorists did to close the gap between their world and Homer's, or what St. Augustine… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
“Quantum theory has unfortunately become a catch-all phrase for trying to prove various kinds of New Age nonsense. It’s unlikely that the… — Robert P. Lanza Copy Share Image
“Quantum theory, in turn, has its own trouble with infinities. They appear whenever you attempt to use quantum mechanics to describe fields,… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“During the life of a black hole, it will pull in huge amounts of matter, carrying huge amounts of intrinsic information. At… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“In string theory, the situation is very different. The law of motion dictates the laws of the forces. This is because all… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“We know that the uncertainty relation implies not only the absence of empty space but also the nature of the minimal content… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“When asked whether or not we are Marxists, our position is the same as that of a physicist, when asked if he… — Ernesto "Che" Guevara Copy Share Image
“It would probably be wiser to nail up over the door of the new quantum theory a notice, 'Structural alterations in progress… — Arthur Stanley Eddington Copy Share Image
I'm really fascinated by the parallels between quantum theory and the teachings of some of these ancient texts. So many of the… — Beryl Bender Birch Copy Share Image
The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
There certainly is a tension between the relativity of simultaneity and non-locality in quantum theory, but it's not strong enough to add… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
My training in science is actually one that is very critical of mechanistic science. I was trained in quantum theory which emerged… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
“The answer to this often hidden angst within the human heart, is to observe the unity of all things and to leave… — Dylan Morrison Copy Share Image
“There were times, while Atom slept and she was awake soothing her crying daughter, that a question itched from somewhere deep within.… — Joseph A. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Besides the argument based on the unity of nature, there are problems specific to each theory that call for unification with the… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
It would take a civilization far more advanced than ours, unbelievably advanced, to begin to manipulate negative energy to create gateways to… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
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