Science Quotes

"A science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones."

"The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks."

"The complementarity of truth and beauty is found in scientific inquiry."

"The job of theoretical physics is not to explain the world, but to explain our observations of it."

"The light from distant stars teaches us about our own nature."

"All phenomena are interconnected in ways we are only beginning to understand."

"The heart of science is wonder; the mind of science is reason."

"The fundamental laws necessary for the mathematical treatment of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known."

"A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one."

"Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense."

"In science one should not work on semiconductors, that is a filthy mess; who knows whether they really exist."

"Dirac's equation is beautiful; it is beautiful because it works."

"Numbers are human inventions but mathematical truths are universal."

"A successful theory must have a mathematical foundation."

"The ability to observe without judging is the first and last laboratory skill."

"The study of physics is ultimately the study of simplicity."

"The fundamental constants of nature are windows into the deepest structure of reality."

"The electron is an essentially simple structure."

"The aim of the physicist is to understand the world and to predict its future behaviour."

"A physicist is not someone who is good at mathematics; a physicist is someone who can think clearly."

"The power of mathematics lies in its ability to describe nature with precision and elegance."

"The universe is governed by laws, and our task is to discover them."

"To work effectively in physics, one must learn to think like nature thinks."

"The universe is written in the language of mathematics."

"The power of a theory lies in its simplicity and its breadth."

"Mathematics is a tool that allows us to speak to the universe."

"In physics, the description is often more important than the phenomenon."

"One cannot truly understand a phenomenon without understanding its mathematics."

"All science progresses by successive approximations toward truth."

"Effort in science must be directed toward understanding, not merely calculating."