Physicists Quotes

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The greatest progress is in the sciences that study the simplest systems. So take, say, physics - greatest progress there. But one of the reasons… — Noam Chomsky
The development of quantum mechanics early in the twentieth century obliged physicists to change radically the concepts they used to describe the world. — Alain Aspect
Most of physics is about energy, and physicists understand inefficiencies. I wanted to write a book about our energy options in a neutral, human-accessible form. — David J. C. MacKay
Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when… — James Gleick
Physics is perceived as a lonesome, nerdy kind of enterprise that has very little to do with human feelings and the things that excite people… — Leonard Susskind
It seems hopelessly improbable that any particular rules accidentally led to the miracle of intelligent life. Nevertheless, this is exactly what most physicists have believed:… — Leonard Susskind
Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to… — Fabiola Gianotti
CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology… — Fabiola Gianotti
I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen! — John Cameron
There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958. — John Cameron
Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to… — John Cameron
Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties. — John Cameron
As a physicist, I can state that none of the 18 physicists who signed the Statement works in this field; nor to my knowledge has… — David Douglass
The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society… — Barry Commoner
As we know from the work of certain fundamental physicists, people like Einstein were very dependent upon conjuring up visual images in order to imagine… — Jonathan Miller
Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed political vision and was very spiritual in his way, and… — Jonathan Miller
What appeared to the earlier physicists to be the constant quantity of heat is nothing more than the whole motive power of the motion of… — Hermann von Helmholtz
Evolution is among the most well-established theories in the scientific community. To doubt it sounds to biologists as absurd as denying relativity does to physicists. — Leonard Mlodinow
You have that one basic string, but it can vibrate in many ways. But we're trying to get a lot of particles because experimental physicists… — Edward Witten
Erwin Schrodinger has explained how he and his fellow physicists had agreed that they would report their new discoveries and experiments in quantum physics in… — Marshall McLuhan

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