Book Quote by John Ziman

The physics of undergraduate text-books is 90% true.

— John Ziman

“Truth in the world resides only in mathematical proofs and physics labs. Everywhere else, it’s really a matter of opinion, and if it manages…

— Antonio Garcia Martinez

The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true,…

— Nancy Cartwright

[Science is] the literature of truth.

— Josh Billings

We physicists don't like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because it sounds…

— Michio Kaku

Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.

— Brian Greene

Physics is really figuring out how to discover new things that are counterintuitive, like quantum mechanics. It's really counterintuitive.

— Elon Musk

A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical.

— Paul Dirac

I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist.

— Michio Kaku

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to…

— Roger Penrose

“A book isn’t rigorous if students aren’t reading it.”

— Penny Kittle

A popular feel for scientific endeavors should, if possible, be restored given the needs of the twenty-first century. This does not mean that every…

— Walter Isaacson