Beautiful Quote by Simon Newcomb

Who ... is not familiar with Maxwell's memoirs on his dynamical theory of gases? ... from one side enter the equations of state; from…

— Ludwig Boltzmann

So many of the properties of matter, especially when in the gaseous form, can be deduced from the hypothesis that their minute parts are…

— James Clerk Maxwell

Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories.

— Richard P. Feynman

From a certain temperature on, the molecules 'condense' without attractive forces; that is, they accumulate at zero velocity. The theory is pretty, but is…

— Albert Einstein

In thermodynamics as well as in other branches of molecular physics , the laws of phenomena have to a certain extent been anticipated, and…

— William John Macquorn Rankine

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the…

— Albert Einstein

“After some cogitation, it is difficult not to agree with Herman Bondi (1919 - 2005), who in his book 'Relativity and Common Sense' says:…

— Felix Alba-Juez

Bose-Einstein condensation is one of the most intriguing phenomena predicted by quantum statistical mechanics.

— Wolfgang Ketterle

While it is never safe to affirm that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more astonishing than those of…

— Robert S. Mulliken

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

Gases are distinguished from other forms of matter, not only by their power of indefinite expansion so as to fill any vessel, however large,…

— James Clerk Maxwell

Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.

— Wilhelm Reich