Branches Quote by J. Willard Gibbs

The equations of dynamics completely express the laws of the historical method as applied to matter, but the application of these equations implies a…

— James Clerk Maxwell

The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

— C. V. Raman

“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

“In modern science the methods of analysis are principally applied to investigating the nature of material entities. Thus, the ultimate nature of matter is…

— Padmasambhava

“In rational inquiry, we idealize to selected domains in such a way (we hope) as to permit us to discover crucial features of the…

— Noam Chomsky

It is interesting thus to follow the intellectual truths of analysis in the phenomena of nature. This correspondence, of which the system of the…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

The rules of scientific investigation always require us, when we enter the domains of conjecture, to adopt that hypothesis by which the greatest number…

— Matthew Fontaine Maury

“Only through the unification of time and space is there matter, i.e. the possibility of simultaneity, and through that, duration, and again through these,…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Quantum mechanics broke the mold of the previous framework, classical mechanics, by establishing that the predictions of science are necessarily probabilistic.

— Brian Greene

“My science is based in voraciously wandering fact, luscious speculation, and spontaneous theory with a dash of prevarication. All of which are most likely…

— J. DeWayne Pierce

“the most important point: that the universe is governed by a set of rational laws that we can discover and understand.”

— Stephen Hawking

“The deep study of nature is the most fruitful source of mathematical discoveries. By offering to research a definite end, this study has the…

— Anonymous