“Being late was a special kind of modern suffering, with blended elements of rising tension, self-blame, self-pity, misanthropy, and a yearning for… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
The only object of theoretical physics is to calculate results that can be compared with experiment... it is quite unnecessary that any… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
If the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to… — Pierre Duhem Copy Share Image
It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
Theoretical physics hardly requires any research funding, so I never felt the need. The overall government and institutional support has been good… — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is the world's greatest pure physics thinktank, and it's located here in Canada, in Waterloo, Ont. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“The people who actually make the advances in theoretical physics don't think in these categories that the philosophers and the historians of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
In theoretical physics, one can, in principle, work from anyplace as long as one has a computer and Internet connection. So I… — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
Alchemy and Kabbalah are later developments in my thinking. I think the primary interest has been the relationship of magic and mystery… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
“The prime number 137 had continuously occupied Pauli's mind. It is an approximate value for a constant appearing in the fine structure… — K. V. Laurikainen Copy Share Image
“The correct way to think about intelligence, in this case, is as a human quality shared by just about everyone, at least… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Now these two questions Does there exist a material reality distinct from sensible appearances? and What is the nature of reality? do… — Pierre Duhem Copy Share Image
Is the purpose of theoretical physics to be no more than a cataloging of all the things that can happen when particles… — Julian Schwinger Copy Share Image
I started out in nuclear physics. But after I became more sensitized to the environmental and health implications of the nuclear system… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned… — Nicholas Metropolis Copy Share Image
Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
It is tribute to how far we have come in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The chief difficulty of modern theoretical physics resides not in the fact that it expresses itself almost exclusively in mathematical symbols, but… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
“With the possible exception of the higher reaches of pure mathematics or theoretical physics, one can scarcely imagine anything more inhuman than… — Mark Rowlands Copy Share Image
When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
The first thing to realize about physics ... is its extraordinary indirectness… For physics is not about the real world, it is… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
It would of course be a great step forward if we succeeded in combining the gravitational field and the electromagnetic field into… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
“A foot note in Scale, Geoffery West: The full quotation from Einstein is worth repeating because it emphasizes a central dictum of… — Einstein Albert 1879-1955 Copy Share Image
I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science… — David Gross Copy Share Image
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