The physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket.
he physicist's greatest tool is his wastebasket.
Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky. The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of Bach or Tolstoy, but in the act of creation itself. The scientist's discoveries impose his own order on chaos, as the composer or painter imposes his; an order that always refers to limited aspects of reality, and is based on the observer's frame of reference, which differs from period to period as a Rembrant nude differs from a nude by Manet.
Physics is a form of insight and as such it's a form of art.
A scientist can discover a new star, but he cannot make one. He would have to ask an engineer to do that.
There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
Prediction is difficult, especially the future.
Not only does God play dice with the universe, he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
