Theoretical Physics Quotes

17 quotes by 14 authors

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
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the… — Hermann Bondi
But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned between theory and… — Nicholas Metropolis
If the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to metaphysics. — Pierre Duhem
Ive always really been into science, and in the last five years Ive gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe. — Adam Pascal
I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore… — Linus Pauling
I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. — Max Born
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon… — Erich Fromm
In some ways I'm a frustrated scientist or mathematician. The amount of times I've thought I'd go back to university and do theoretical physics because… — Scarlett Thomas
When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to me physics as… — Max Planck
I think my dad [ Stephen Hawking] would have been pleased if I had turned out a scientist because he truly believes that is the… — Stephen Hawking
The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all those branches of thought in which the essential features are expressible with numbers. — Paul Dirac
It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer… — Richard P. Feynman
Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind. — Stephen Hawking
The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because history… — David Gross
Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition. — David Gross
It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged… — Robert B. Laughlin

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