Science Quotes

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"The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks."
Feynman, Richard
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"What is the structure of space, and time, and matter?"
Feynman, Richard
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"Shut up and calculate!"
Feynman, Richard
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"All of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."
Feynman, Richard
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"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
Feynman, Richard
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"One of the ways of stopping science would be only to do experiments in the region where you know the law."
Feynman, Richard
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"Of all the scientific problems which might be undertaken by physicists in the future, none seem to me more fascinating and fundamentally important than the nature of the electron."
Feynman, Richard
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"Imagine a world without mathematics!"
Feynman, Richard
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"One of my favorite maxims is that the principle of science is you do not do an experiment to test your belief – you do the experiment to test nature."
Feynman, Richard
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"The theory is not only ugly; it's also wrong."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Physics is about understanding nature at its deepest level."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Local realism is incompatible with quantum mechanics."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Experimental evidence is the ultimate judge of any theory."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Hidden variables offer a glimpse into nature's deeper workings."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The EPR paradox reveals something fundamental about quantum reality."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The measurement problem in quantum mechanics is not merely philosophical."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The act of measurement fundamentally changes what we measure."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Experimental results must guide our theoretical understanding."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The electron does not have a well-defined position until it is measured."
Bell, John Stewart
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"A good theory must be both mathematically elegant and experimentally verified."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Physics at its best is an honest dialogue with nature."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The correlation between distant quantum systems defies classical intuition."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The goal of physics is not to make the world simple, but to understand it as it is."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Hidden variables demonstrate that alternatives to standard quantum mechanics remain possible."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The Bell inequalities show that nature is fundamentally nonlocal or indeterminate."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The strangeness of quantum mechanics is a window into nature's true character."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Experimental evidence is the arbiter of theoretical disputes."
Bell, John Stewart
B
"The Bell theorem demonstrates that objective reality cannot be both local and deterministic."
Bell, John Stewart
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"Physics at its best is a dialogue between human mind and cosmic reality."
Bell, John Stewart
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"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but God is waiting for you at the bottom of the glass."
Heisenberg, Werner