Quotes by Physics In 1955, I got my degree in electrical-mechanical engineering. I realised, however, that my interest was less in practical applications than in the understanding of the underlying theoretical structure, and I decided to learn physics. Francois Englert gotengineeringphysicsunderstanding As an assistant in the polytechnic department, I was able to finance new studies and got my Physics Masters Degree in 1958 and my Ph.D. in 1959. Francois Englert degreenewfinancephysics I became an atheist because, as a graduate student studying quantum physics, life seemed to be reducible to second-order differential equations. Mathematics, chemistry and physics had it all. And I didn't see any need to go beyond that. Francis Collins chemistrymathematicsphysicslife One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy can be neither created nor destroyed. Edward M. Lerner universephysicsenergyprinciples I was nearly as far behind in calculus as I was in physics. But I wasn't the only woman in the class, so I felt more comfortable asking questions. Eileen Pollack behindwomanquestionsphysics If a female student wants to drop a physics course, no one questions her, but if a male student tries to drop it, he will get pushback and encouraged to stay in, since he will need it later in life. Eileen Pollack studentwillphysicslife Regardless of any deviations, it was clear I was supposed to end up in math and physics. Edward Witten endupclearphysics I come home from trying to pretend to know about astronomy and physics all day and turn on 'The Real Housewives'. Eddie Redmayne dayknowphysicshome The stability of what's called the Standard Model of particle physics and its ability to make so many clever predictions with immense precision suggests that we may just be stuck with it, and there may never be an overthrow of that. Ian Hacking neverabilityphysicsclever If you go into any physics lab, everybody is depressed and feels isolated. We don't get any feedback that anybody cares about what we're doing. Aaron D. O'Connell doinggoyouphysics I have been connected with the Niels Bohr Institute since the completion of my university studies, first as a research fellow and, from 1956, as a professor of physics at the University of Copenhagen. After the death of my father in 1962, I followed him as director of the Institute until 1970. Aage Bohr physicsresearchfatherdeath The world appears rectilinear, but is in fact curvilinear - a literal truth in physics, and a metaphorical one in metaphysics. Iain McGilchrist factphysicstruthworld The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter. C. V. Raman upconstitutionphysicsmatter It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry, and it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards. C. V. Raman problemschemistryphysicstime Unfortunately, a lot of economists wanted to make their subject a science. So the more what you do resembles physics or chemistry, the more credible you become. Ha-Joon Chang youchemistryphysicsscience The law of right-left symmetry was used in classical physics but was not of any great practical importance there. One reason for this derives from the fact that right-left symmetry is a discrete symmetry, unlike rotational symmetry, which is continuous. Chen-Ning Yang greatphysicslawreason The application of group theory to physics became one of the main branches of physics that I specialized in. Chen-Ning Yang groupbranchesphysicstheory Lester Germer was my first supervisor at Bell Labs. He was the Germer of the Davisson and Germer Experiment that is sometimes referred to in introductory texts on physics. Willard Boyle experimentbellphysicssometimes In 1952, I was appointed Professor at the University of Bonn and Director of the Physics Institute, with very good students waiting for a thesis advisor. Wolfgang Paul gooduniversityphysicswaiting Laser cooling opened a new route to ultralow temperature physics. Laser cooling experiments, with room temperature vacuum chambers and easy optical access, look very different from cryogenic cells with multi-layer thermal shielding around them. Wolfgang Ketterle newlookphysicseasy«1112131415161718192021»
