Nathan Seiberg Professions : PhysicistBorn : September 22, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Nathan Seiberg I am almost certain that space and time are illusions. These are primitive notions that will be replaced by something more sophisticated. Nathan Seiberg illusionsophisticatedspace Newton's theory is not 'not right', it just does not cover all distances. Contrary to popular belief, theories in science are not proven wrong, they are just replaced by more complete and convenient theories. To sound provocative, even the geocentric theory was never "proven" wrong, it is just not as convenient as the heliocentric theory, since it requires endless epicycles. Nathan Seiberg distancesoundscience We do not know how to formulate string theory nor do we know its underlying principles. Surprisingly, this fact does not stop us from making progress. Nathan Seiberg progressprinciplesscience The standard model gives us an accuracy of ten decimal digits, this is an amazing success that has never been achieved before in science. Nathan Seiberg mathematicsgivingscience What will the greatest experiment discover? I have no idea!, maybe nothing!, If we won't check, we will never know. In science there is never a guarantee of success. If you understood this last sentence, then you understood the most important message of this lecture. Nathan Seiberg importantscienceideas Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here. Nathan Seiberg linestwoscience This is a rather unusual situation in physics. We perform approximate calculations which are valid only in some regime and this gives us the exact answer. This is a theorist's heaven- exact results with approximate methods. Nathan Seiberg givingheavenscience Similar Authors Gabriel Lippmann physicist Burton Richter physicist Bruno Rossi physicist Bruce Maccabee physicist Brian Cox physicist Allan McLeod Cormack physicistAll Authors
