Physics Quotes

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This change in the conception of reality is the most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton. Refering… — Albert Einstein
[About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any one man; it… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore naive… — Bertrand Russell
A multitude of aspects of the natural world that were considered miraculous only a few generations ago are now thoroughly understood in terms of physics… — Carl Sagan
Nevertheless, all of us who work in quantum physics believe in the reality of a quantum world, and the reality of quantum entities like protons… — John Polkinghorne
The physics chip adds a level of reality in games we just haven't been able to get. — Rob Enderle
They're hitting harder now more than ever. The only person who would argue that is someone who has never had a physics class. They're faster… — Randy Cross
I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology. — Frederick Reines
The labor we delight in physics [cures] pain. — William Shakespeare
What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this new theory in… — Ken Wilber
In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you. — Frank Wilczek
The task of asking nonliving matter to speak and the responsibility for interpreting its reply is that of physics. — Julius Thomas Fraser
Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. — Leon M. Lederman
Engineering is merely the slow younger brother of physics. — Steven Molaro
We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology. — Jeremy Rifkin
You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be… — Ken Jennings
The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time. — James J. Gibson
Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists. — David Hilbert
Psychology, as the behaviorist views it, is a purely objective, experimental branch of natural science which needs introspection as little as do the sciences of… — John B. Watson
Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science. — Bertrand Russell

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