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> [“...the best things in science are both beautiful and simple, a fact that all too many teacher conceal from their students, by accident or design.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/the-best-things-in-science-are-both-beautiful-and-simple-a-fact-that/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

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## More by John Gribbin

> [In the world of the very small, where particle and wave aspects of reality are equally significant, things do not behave in any way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/in-the-world-of-the-very-small-where-particle-and-wave-aspects-of/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“...it is not the way of science to sit idly back and hope that someone will come up with a "better" answer to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/it-is-not-the-way-of-science-to-sit-idly-back-and-hope-that-someone/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“Sir Arthur Eddington summed up the situation brilliantly in his book The Nature of the Physical World, published in 1929. "No familiar conceptions can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/sir-arthur-eddington-summed-up-the-situation-brilliantly-in-his-book/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [Nothing is real unless it is observed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/nothing-is-real-unless-it-is-observed/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. Einstein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/people-like-us-who-believe-in-physics-know-that-the-distinction-2/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“Une with diffraction, just as if we let a thousand”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/une-with-diffraction-just-as-if-we-let-a-thousand/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“...the best things in science are both beautiful and simple, a fact that all too many teacher conceal from their students, by accident or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/the-best-things-in-science-are-both-beautiful-and-simple-a-fact-that/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“From this", says Schrödinger, "I learned many things, but not religion." His favourite question was, "Sir, do you really believe that?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/from-this-says-schr-dinger-i-learned-many-things-but-not-religion-his/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/it-isn-t-just-that-bohr-s-atom-with-its-electron-orbits-is-a-false/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“...there is no underlying reality to the world. "Reality," in the everyday sense, is not a good way to think about the behavior of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/there-is-no-underlying-reality-to-the-world-reality-in-the-everyday/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“Every problem in quantum physics had to be first “solved” using classical physics, and then be reworked by the judicious insertion of quantum numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/every-problem-in-quantum-physics-had-to-be-first-solved-using/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“The natural effect of processes going on in the Universe is to move from a state of order to a state of disorder, unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/the-natural-effect-of-processes-going-on-in-the-universe-is-to-move/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“Heisenberg's uncertainty relation measures the amount by which the complementary descriptions of the electron, or other fundamental entities, overlap. Position is very much a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/heisenberg-s-uncertainty-relation-measures-the-amount-by-which-the/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“...true story of quantum mechanics, a truth far stranger than any fiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/true-story-of-quantum-mechanics-a-truth-far-stranger-than-any-fiction/)

[John Gribbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gribbin/)

> [“spacetime is flat, that about 5 per cent of the mass of the Universe is in the form of baryons (including bright stars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gribbin/spacetime-is-flat-that-about-5-per-cent-of-the-mass-of-the-universe/)

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