Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
The modern physicist, while he still believes that matter is in some sense atomic, does not believe in empty space. Where there is not matter, there is still something, notably light-waves. Matter no longer has the lofty status that it acquired in philosophy through the arguments of Parmenides. It is not unchanging substance, but merely a way of gr
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
As soon as any real, definite idea is substituted, it becomes almost immediately apparent that it doesn't work.
Richard Feynman • "Seeking New Laws"
As Barad spoke, I experienced something extraordinary. For a few brief moments, as her words hung in the air above us in the darkened auditorium, I understood quantum physics. And when she stopped speaking, that understanding was gone. It was a product of intra-action too. I was left with the sense that while I would never really understand quantum
... See moreJames Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
This is what physicist Max Planck (the father of quantum mechanics), Einstein, and others observed: No matter how much you know, there is an infinite amount of chance and randomness in the universe.