Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Robert B. Leightonamazon.com
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Paradigm Shifts
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According to the traditional conception of the universe, objects move on well-defined paths and have definite histories. We can specify their precise position at each moment in time. Although that account is successful enough for everyday purposes, it was found in the 1920s that this “classical” picture could not account for the seemingly bizarre b
... See moreLeonard Mlodinow • The Grand Design
The inexperienced and crackpots and people like that will make guesses that are simple, all right, but you can immediately see that they're wrong. That doesn't count. And others, the inexperienced students, make guesses that are very complicated. And it sort of looks like it's all right. But I know that's not true, because the truth always turns ou... See more
Richard Feynman • "Seeking New Laws"
the Heisenberg principle (which states, roughly, that an act of observation produces changes in what is observed),