“Fine Structure Constant: Fundamental numerical constant of atomic physics and quantum electrodynamics, defined as the square of the charge of the electron… — Steven Weinberg 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
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 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
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
Quantum theory was split up into dialects. Different people describe the same experiences in remarkably different languages. This is confusing even to… — David Finkelstein Copy Share Image
You know that, according to quantum theory, if two particles collide with enough energy you can, in principle, with an infinitesimal probability,… — Isidor Isaac Rabi 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
“So, in the end, the most improbable and hence the most puzzling aspect of space is its very existence. The simple fact… — Lee Smolin 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
Science may be weird and incomprehensible--more weird and less comprehensible than any theology--but science works. It gets results. It can fly you… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I did my masters in elementary particles. But the foundations of elementary particles is quantum theory and there were too many conceptual… — Vandana Shiva 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
“Excuse me,” Erszebet said sharply, as Frink began wandering into an explanation of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory that even I… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
A successful unification of quantum theory and relativity would necessarily be a theory of the universe as a whole. It would tell… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“Quite obviously, a theoretical determination of the numerical value of α would signify great progress in our understanding of fundamental interactions. Many… — Harald Fritzsch Copy Share Image
“One can take the colour-electric field as the fundamental entity, and then try to understand the picture of a string stretched between… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“Chris hurried after him. 'It's so hard to believe we just travelled hundreds of light years.' 'Why?' asked the Doctor. 'I always… — Gareth Roberts 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
“After the discovery of spectral analysis no one trained in physics could doubt the problem of the atom would be solved when… — Arnold Sommerfeld 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
“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
“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
“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
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
Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a… — Albert Einstein 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
“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
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
The great revelation of the quantum theory was that features of discreteness were discovered in the Book of Nature, in a context… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
By 2100, our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared. But our tools will not be magic… — Michio Kaku 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
“In life, like in the quantum realm, the hidden cost of doing nothing ends the moment you do something. Anything. However small.… — Ludmila Morozova-Buss 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
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
“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
It is true that in quantum theory we cannot rely on strict causality. But by repeating the experiments many times, we can… — Werner Heisenberg 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
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