There is no logical staircase running from the physics of 10-28 cm. to the physics of 1028 light-years.
Norwood Russell HansonStichwörter: science universe logic physics scale very-large very-small
I am not religious in any sense; in fact, I consider myself an atheist.
Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharStichwörter: science atheism atheist physics views beliefs irreligious nobel-laureate
[When asked by a student if he believes in any gods]
Oh, no. Absolutely not... The biggest advantage to believing in God is you don't have to understand anything, no physics, no biology. I wanted to understand.
Stichwörter: science biology atheism ignorance understanding atheist physics watson nobel-laureate dna god-of-the-gaps double-helix watson-and-crick
Individual events. Events beyond law. Events so numerous and so uncoordinated that, flaunting their freedom from formula, they yet fabricate firm form.
John Archibald WheelerStichwörter: cosmology physics laws-of-nature quantum-mechanics big-bang nobel-laureate quantum-fluctuations acausal origin-of-the-universe origin-of-universe physical-law quantum-cosmology
String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.
Edward WittenStichwörter: science nature naturalism physics materialism laws-of-nature description gravity big-bang string-theory particle-physics origin-of-the-universe origin-of-universe elementary-particles institute-for-advanced-study m-theory
Cecile was teaching in Berkeley and I was [at Livermore]. He probably had, could have had, some influence on Teller, [for] Teller was quite generous in allowing me one whole semester off to be at Berkeley to work on something and also a semester off at the Institute for Advanced Study. Then I won the Gravity Research Foundation first prize.
Bryce S. DeWittStichwörter: science physics berkeley theoretical-physics institute-for-advanced-study cal-berkeley edward-teller
The universe, the whole mass of things that are, is corporeal, that is to say, body, and hath the dimensions of magnitude, length, breadth and depth. Every part of the universe is ‘body’ and that which is not ‘body’ is no part of the universe, and because the universe is all, that which is no part of it is nothing, and consequently nowhere.
Thomas HobbesStichwörter: science philosophy nature universe naturalism physics materialism
Which do you think is more valuable to humanity?
a. Finding ways to tell humans that they have free will despite the incontrovertible fact that their actions are completely dictated by the laws of physics as instantiated in our bodies, brains and environments? That is, engaging in the honored philosophical practice of showing that our notion of "free will" can be compatible with determinism?
or
b. Telling people, based on our scientific knowledge of physics, neurology, and behavior, that our actions are predetermined rather than dictated by some ghost in our brains, and then sussing out the consequences of that conclusion and applying them to society?
Of course my answer is b).
Stichwörter: science knowledge determinism society philosophy nature physics ghosts brains neurology laws-of-physics illusion-of-free-will
Three quarks for Muster Mark!
James JoyceStichwörter: physics quark fundamental-particle
Now I know what the atom looks like.
Ernest RutherfordStichwörter: wisdom science truth reality knowledge nature physics nobel-laureate atom
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