Carrying on Quote by David Goodstein

“He had made a discovery of the first magnitude. It opened up an entirely new approach to physics, which led to statistical mechanics, to…

— Basil Mahon

It is a remarkable fact that the second law of thermodynamics has played in the history of science a fundamental role far beyond its…

— Ilya Prigogine

“Einstein had, for the first time connected new and measurable consequences to statistical physics. That might sound like a largely technical achievement, but on…

— Leonard Mlodinow

Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.

— William Standish Knowles

“ Ronald Fisher was a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science.”

— Anders Hald

An announcement of [Christopher] Zeeman's lecture at Northwestern University in the spring of 1977 contains a quote describing catastrophe theory as the most important…

— Stephen Smale

If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after…

— Jean Rostand

Most were beginning to feel they had learned enough to last for the rest of their lives. They remained mathematicians, but largely went their…

— Benoit Mandelbrot

“Great physicists, great mathematicians, great chemists, and publishers knew that one was always feeling one’s way in the dark.”

— Roberto Bolaño

The mathematical education of the young physicist [Albert Einstein] was not very solid, which I am in a good position to evaluate since he…

— Hermann Minkowski

“ His work was so great that it cannot be compassed in a few words. His death is one of the greatest losses ever…

— Joseph John Thomson

“there is a physical problem that is common to many fields, that is very old, and that has not been solved. It is not…

— Richard P. Feynman