682 Quotes About Physics

Dirac's equation not only accounted for the spin of the electron and its observed magnetic moment, but also correctly explained the fine structure of the hydrogen atom. If the derivation of the Sommerfeld-like formula for the spectrum of the hydrogen atom was one of the striking successes of the Dirac equation, some of its other features were very troublesome.

Very strange people, physicists, " he said as soon as they were outside again. "In my experience the ones who aren't actually dead are in some way very ill.

When Einstein died, his greatest rival, Bohr, found for him words of moving admiration. When a few years later Bohr in turn died, someone took a photograph of the blackboard in his study. There’s a drawing on it. A drawing of the ‘light-filled box’ in Einstein’s thought experiment. To the very last, the desire to challenge oneself and understand more. And to the very last: doubt

Those crazy physicists that spend all day cooking themselves under an atomic reactor and all night writing stories for Weird World have done it. Spoiled my day completely. One of those idiots has hung the world up like a celluloid ball in an airstream.

If the business of physics is ever finished, the world will be a much less interesting place in which to live . . .

Jika Bumi berhenti berputar, maka menurut hukum Newton benda apapun yang tak terikat ke Bumi bakal terus bergerak dengan kecepatan perputaran Bumi (1100 mil per jam atau 1770 km per jam di khatulistiwa)

I don't believe any scientific field to be superior to another.

Universe is the smallest clock.

An idea sparked in the 1960s, a thought experiment, an amusing haiku, is now a thing of metal and glass.