The expression e=mc2 is the ultimate statement in bounce per ounce.
Nigel S. HeyTags: science logic physics phlosophy
Physics depends on a universe infinitely centred on an equals sign.
Mark Z. DanielewskiTags: equilibrium balance physics metaphysics harmony mathematics
As to your Newton, I confess I do not understand his void and his gravity; I admit he has demonstrated the movement of the heavenly bodies with more exactitude than his forerunners; but you will admit it is an absurdity to maintain the existence of Nothing.
[Letter to Voltaire, 25 Nov. 1777]
Tags: physics isaac-newton absurdity nothing void first-law-of-motion
Ideas that require people to reorganize their picture of the world provoke hostility.
James GleickTags: science life philosophy paradigm-shift physics chaos chaos-theory mathematics paradigm thomas-kuhn
My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes.
Robert A. MillikanSubjectivity is strange to Science, while Relativity is an objective part of it.
Felix Alba-JuezTags: science philosophy epistemology physics
Why is it so difficult for us to think in relative terms? Well, for the good reason that human nature loves absoluteness, and erroneously considers it as a state of higher knowledge.
Felix Alba-JuezTags: science philosophy epistemology physics relativity
Is numerical equality (forced by the use of specific physical units) the same as conceptual equality? Of course NOT!
Felix Alba-JuezTags: science philosophy epistemology physics relativity
At best he read popular science magazines like the Scientific American he had now, to keep himself up-to-date, in layman's terms, with physics generally. But even then his concentration was marred, for a lifetime's habit made him inconveniently watchful for his own name. He saw it as if in bold. It could leap out at him from an unread double page of small print, and sometimes he could sense it coming before the page turn.
Ian McEwanTags: humor science physics ego ian-mcewan
Physicists have come to realize that mathematics, when used with sufficient care, is a proven pathway to truth.
Brian GreeneTags: truth physics mathematics
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