Physics Quotes

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The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty… — Erwin Schrodinger
The possibilities that are suggested in quantum physics tell us that everything that we're looking at may not be in fact there, so the underlying… — William Shatner
Chemistry has been termed by the physicist as the messy part of physics, but that is no reason why the physicists should be permitted to… — Frederick Soddy
There's no law of physics that says we have to be an unsustainable society - in fact, quite the opposite. The planet's ready to work… — Alex Steffen
It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction… — Gertrude Stein
If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day… — Leo Szilard
Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
There is no science in this world like physics. Nothing comes close to the precision with which physics enables you to understand the world around… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction. — Jesse Ventura
Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed. — A. N. Wilson
As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So in… — Edward Witten
Even before string theory, especially as physics developed in the 20th century, it turned out that the equations that really work in describing nature with… — Edward Witten
Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. String theory does so again because a point particle… — Edward Witten
I'm fascinated with quantum physics. — will.i.am
Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation,… — Julian Baggini
If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics. — Chris Hardwick
Bowling is all physics and energy distribution. It's F = ma. So it is actually one of the most science-y sports, because it literally is… — Chris Hardwick
There are good reasons why we don't want everyone to learn nuclear physics, medicine or how financial markets work. Our entire modern project has been… — Evgeny Morozov

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