Science Quotes

"The universe is more like a great thought than a great machine."

"The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics, chemistry and biology are thus completely known, and the difficulty is only that the exact application of these laws leads to equations much too complicated to be soluble."

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it is the exact opposite."

"Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense."

"The methods of theoretical physics should be applicable to all the sciences."

"The task is to modify the theory in order to agree with the results of exact experiments."

"The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics are thus completely known."

"The progress of science is the discovery of a sequence of unexpected things."

"I think there is a moral obligation in every scientist to make beauty in their work."

"If we are to believe that living matter is not infinitely complex, we must assume that what is left over after explaining all the ordinary phenomena of biology by ordinary chemical means is a finite amount of complexity."

"Theory without experiment is empty; experiment without theory is blind."

"Physics reveals that what appears complex is often fundamentally simple."

"Mathematics is the language that nature speaks, and beauty is its syntax."

"An equation that is beautiful will survive the test of time and experiment."

"Physical laws are written in the language of mathematics, and mathematics is the poetry of science."

"In studying the atom, we learn that reality itself is far stranger than our daily experience suggests."

"The equations of physics tell us not just what happens, but why it could not be otherwise."

"The universe is fundamentally a mathematical structure; matter is secondary."

"The theorist's role is to discover the musical structure underlying physical phenomena."

"The mathematics of the universe is simultaneously the most abstract and the most concrete."

"The quantum world teaches us that observation changes reality in ways we cannot escape."

"The ultimate aim of physics is to find the few simple principles that explain everything."

"The laws of nature are written in invisible ink that only mathematics can reveal."

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."

"Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness."

"I would advise you not to undertake to predict the results of any quantum mechanical experiment."

"The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth."

"The way to solve the world's problems is through physics."

"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it."

"The same equations have the same solutions."