Julian Schwinger Professions : Theoretical Physicist Born : February 12, 1918 Died : July 16, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Julian Schwinger The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science. Julian Schwinger rejection editors criticism Is the purpose of theoretical physics to be no more than a cataloging of all the things that can happen when particles interact with each other and seperate? Or is it to be an understanding at a deeper level in which there are things that are not directly observable (as the underlying quantized fields are) but in terms of which we shall have a more fundamental understanding? Julian Schwinger theoretical-physics understanding purpose Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries. Julian Schwinger royal important discovery Similar Authors Brian Greene theoretical-physicist Albert Einstein theoretical-physicist Frank Wilczek theoretical-physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer theoretical-physicist Steven Weinberg theoretical-physicist All Authors
