Fine-structure-constant Quote by Arnold Sommerfeld

“After the discovery of spectral analysis no one trained in physics could doubt the problem of the atom would be solved when physicists had…

— Arnold Sommerfeld

“Realizing its fundamental importance in understanding spectral lines, in atomic physics and in the theory of how light and electrons interact, quantum electrodynamics, Pauli…

— Arthur I. Miller

In my view the structure of the whole atom was that of an individual, with all its parts interconnected, and the emission of a…

— Johannes Stark

What are these fundamental principles, if they are not atoms?" "Stories. And they give me hope.

— Neil Gaiman

“What do you know about quantum physics?” An unwilling curiosity welled up in Emma. “Not much except that it’s a modern theory that explains…

— Rebecca Zanetti

“The laws of life are written into every atom, molecule and heartbeat. We are immersed in the sweet law of unfolding mystery called life.”

— Bryant McGill

“As if relationships between people were susceptible to the same laws that governed the relationships between atoms and molecules.”

— Douglas Adams

At the root of all power and motion, there is music and rhythm, the play of patterned frequencies against the matrix of time. We…

— Joachim-Ernst Berendt

Quantum field theory arose out of our need to describe the ephemeral nature of life.

— Anthony Zee

The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all…

— Fritjof Capra

“Yet, despite the symmetry of the laws of Nature, we observe the outcomes of those symmetrical laws to be assymetrical states and structures.”

— John D. Barrow

...the laws of physics, carefully constructed after thousands of years of experimentation, are nothing but the laws of harmony one can write down for…

— Michio Kaku