Physics Quotes

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There is now a feeling that the pieces of physics are falling into place, not because of any single revolutionary idea or because of the… — Steven Weinberg
There are many examples of old, incorrect theories that stubbornly persisted, sustained only by the prestige of foolish but well-connected scientists. . . . Many… — Michio Kaku
A good deal of my research in physics has consisted in not setting out to solve some particular problem, but simply examining mathematical equations of… — Paul Dirac
The study of geometry is a petty and idle exercise of the mind, if it is applied to no larger system than the starry one.… — Henry David Thoreau
Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and… — George Polya
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has to be discovered. We know only a few streaks about astronomy. We are only beginning to… — Lincoln Steffens
[Regarding mathematics,] there are now few studies more generally recognized, for good reasons or bad, as profitable and praiseworthy. This may be true; indeed it… — G. H. Hardy
A sound Physics of the Earth should include all the primary considerations of the earth's atmosphere, of the characteristics and continual changes of the earth's… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of… — Adam Sedgwick
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science,… — Max Born
In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task is… — Niels Bohr
Modern physics has changed nothing in the great classical disciplines of, for instance, mechanics, optics, and heat. Only the conception of hitherto unexplored regions, formed… — Werner Heisenberg
Science itself is badly in need of integration and unification. The tendency is more and more the other way ... Only the graduate student, poor… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain-there is nothing in the whole system if laws… — Arthur Eddington
It is unreasonable to expect science to produce a system of ethics-ethics are a kind of highway code for traffic among mankind-and the fact that… — Sigmund Freud
The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields for slight contributions… — Robert Andrews Millikan
From all we have learnt about the structure of living matter, we must be prepared to find it working in a manner that cannot be… — Erwin Schrodinger
I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even if… — Paul Dirac
It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be analyzable with a… — Richard P. Feynman

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