Science Quotes

"We have to remember that what we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our methods of investigation."

"The scientist only imposes on nature the requirement that it be logical."

"I think that the phase transition from the classical to the quantum world is the key to understanding modern physics."

"The stability of matter is a consequence of the quantum theory and cannot be derived from classical physics."

"In the atomic world, causality is replaced by probability."

"The real problem is that languages are not precise enough to describe quantum events."

"The complementarity principle is the heart of quantum mechanics."

"The scientist's task is not to impose his will on nature, but to listen to it."

"Atoms are a way of organizing experience."

"Mathematical symbols are written conveniences for the theory of quantum mechanics."

"In quantum mechanics, the observer is not independent of the system being observed."

"If I understand quantum mechanics correctly, nature is fundamentally indeterminate."

"The electron is inexhaustible in the properties it manifests."

"The basic concepts of physics are idealizations from experience."

"The task of science is to understand nature, not to change it according to our will."

"Mathematical beauty is one guide to the truth in physics."

"Nature speaks to us in the language of mathematics."

"The more one does science, the more one realizes that science is not about answers but about questions."

"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful."

"The principle of relativity in its widest sense is contained in the statement: the equations expressing the laws of physics are of the same form in all coordinate systems."

"The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics."

"The true scientist is motivated by wonder, not by practical utility."

"Every science requires a mathematical foundation."

"The universe is profoundly ordered, and we are beginning to see the contours of that order."

"The true work of science is to diminish the influence of chance."

"And now the servants of science say that the sphere is an oblate spheroid."

"The method of science is the method of tentative hypotheses."

"The facts are the air of science. Without them you can never fly."

"We are in the domain of small perturbations around a well-defined state."

"The true physicist, when he works with his profound conviction of the unity of science, is not disturbed by the fact that the various departments of science have hitherto been cultivated separately."