Physics Quotes - Page 6

Mathematics is the only good metaphysics.

I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore the field is extremely competitive. I console myself with the thought that although they may be smarter and may be deeper thinkers than I am, I have broader interests than they have.

Physics is the most fundamental, and least significant, of the sciences.

One can only learn by teaching.

We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.

So, economics should emulate physics' basic ethos, but its search for precision in physics-like formulas is almost always wrong in economics.

It would be most satisfactory if physics and psyche could be seen as complementary aspects of the same reality

Exercise is the beste intrument in learnyng.

Quantum physics shows us the universe as a dynamic web of connection.

As a scholarly discipline, economics has always suffered from physics envy.

If you miss one day in physics, that's it.

I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics.

Now these two questions Does there exist a material reality distinct from sensible appearances? and What is the nature of reality? do not have their source in experimental method, which is acquainted only with sensible appearances and can discover nothing beyond them. The resolution of these questions transcends the methods used by physics; it is the object of metaphysics. Therefore, if the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to metaphysics.

It turns out that the history of astrophysics is where we perfected time keeping.

I don't. We've had three technological revolutions that have changed the course of human history, all driven by physics. In the first, the industrial revolution, physicists developed Newtonian mechanics and thermodynamics, which gave us the steam engine and machine power. The second technological revolution was the electricity revolution. That gave us radio, television, and telecommunications. Then, physicists developed the laser and the transistor.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

The physics of undergraduate text-books is 90% true; the contents of the primary research journals of physics is 90% false.

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

Alchemy and Kabbalah are later developments in my thinking. I think the primary interest has been the relationship of magic and mystery to logic and understanding. Those are the primary driving forces of my life. I have this ability, for some reason, to be able to hold both the Magical MysteryTour we're on in conjunction with the logical rigor of understanding theoretical physics, which makes me kind of a rare bird, because usually you're one or the other.

It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.

What appear to be the most valuable aspects of the theoretical physics we have are the mathematical descriptions which enable us to predict events. These equations are, we would argue, the only realities we can be certain of in physics; any other ways we have of thinking about the situation are visual aids or mnemonics which make it easier for beings with our sort of macroscopic experience to use and remember the equations.

So far as physics is concerned, time's arrow is a property of entropy alone.

One thing they don't tell you about doing experimental physics is that sometimes you must work under adverse conditions... like a state of sheer terror.

To understand hydrogen is to understand all of physics.

All parts of knowledge have their origin in metaphysics, and finally, perhaps, revolve into it.