“One hundred thirty-seven is the inverse of something called the fine-structure constant. ...The most remarkable thing about this remarkable number is that… — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
“It turns out to be very difficult to devise a theory to describe the universe all in one go. Instead, we break… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Good and wise men, in all ages, have embraced a very dissimilar theory. They have supposed that the deity, from the relations… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
While, on the one hand, the end of scientific investigation is the discovery of laws, on the other, science will have reached… — William Mitchinson Hicks Copy Share Image
You might tell me that you have been engaging in some deep questioning and theological rethinking.1 You can no longer live with… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Without doubt, if we are to go back to that ultimate, integral experience, unwarped by the sophistications of theory, that experience whose… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man,… — Joseph McCabe Copy Share Image
“In general the fact that gravitational and inertial forces are both proportional to the mass of the body on which they act… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
“The difference between Lorentz's Transformation in Lorentz's theory and Lorentz's Transformation in Einstein's Special Relativity is not mathematical but ontological and epistemological… — Felix Alba-Juez Copy Share Image
I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“The universe is a quantum computer. Since you can simulate any set of particle interactions with a quantum computer made of the… — David Walton Copy Share Image
I adopted the theory of Reincarnation when I was twenty six. Religion offered nothing to the point. Even work could not give… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
“In general, the removal of energy from gravitationally bound systems accelerates the movement of their components. This also goes for systems whose… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
There is no logical basis to support the theory that plants feel pain. The dubious possibility that they might, however, is no… — Joanne Stepaniak Copy Share Image
Even something as complex as the eye has appeared several times; for example, in the squid, the vertebrates, and the arthropods. It's… — Frank B. Salisbury Copy Share Image
The confusion between temperament and character has had serious consequences for ethical theory. Preferences with regard to differences in temperament are mere… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“What do I miss, as a human being, if I have never heard of the Second Law of Thermodynamics? The answer is:… — E.F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Heisenberg has discussed the coupled double harmonic oscillator, and has shown that the ordinary rules of quantization lead to two non-combining sets… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru.… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Philosophy, like science, consists of theories or insights arrived at as a result of systemic reflection or reasoning in regard to the… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
O. Hahn and F. Strassmann have discovered a new type of nuclear reaction, the splitting into two smaller nuclei of the nuclei… — Lise Meitner Copy Share Image
“I think string theory provides an explanation.” “Some think that it is only when two strings encounter each other and some qualities… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
“The key to a black hole's strange properties is the way it curves space-time. A black hole takes up no space at… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works,… — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
“If they were as we described them, the existence of black holes would contradict the principles of thermodynamics. One of these principles… — Henning Genz Copy Share Image
“We cannot be sure how many universes make up the Universe. The Universe we live in, which began based on a theory… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
A state is absolute in the sense which I have in mind when it claims the right to a monopoly of all… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“[F]or a social theorist ignorance is more excusable than vagueness. Other investigators can easily show I am wrong if I am sufficiently… — Arthur Stinchcombe Copy Share Image
“My theory is that hope is a form of madness. A benevolent one, sure, but madness all the same. Like an irrational… — Benjamin Wood Copy Share Image
There are many examples of old, incorrect theories that stubbornly persisted, sustained only by the prestige of foolish but well-connected scientists. .… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Astonishingly, in spite of decades of research, there is no agreed theory of cancer, no explanation for why, inside almost all healthy… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Physics has entered a remarkable era. Ideas that were once the realm of science fiction are now entering our theoretical and… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
To the scientists of the Renaissance, your critic was really your ally, helping you advance upon reality. Critics in science are not… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
It seems to me obvious that infants and many animals that do not in any ordinary sense have a language or perform… — John Searle Copy Share Image
“The great unanswered question is whether there exists some undiscovered organizing principle which complements the known laws of Nature and dictates the… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
My diary entries during this period constantly refer to the importance of learning how to take criticism. If you shut yourself in… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
I find the big bang, really quite fascinating. I mean, here you have all these highfalutin scientists and they're saying it was… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
![“[F]or a social theorist ignorance is more excusable than vagueness. Other investigators can easily show I am wrong if I am sufficiently precise. They will have much more difficulty showing by investigation what, precisely, I mean if I am vague. I hope not to be forced to weasel out with 'But I…” quote by Arthur Stinchcombe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/080/arthur-stinchcombe-151940_clarity_f-or-a-social-theorist-ignorance-is-more_869466.jpg)
