“The standard model gives us an accuracy of ten decimal digits, this is an amazing success that has never been achieved before in science.” GivingScienceTenModelsStandardsMathematicsAccuracyDecimals Author:Nathan Seiberg
“Newton's theory is not 'not right', it just does not cover all distances. Contrary to popular belief, theories in science are not proven wrong, they are just replaced by more complete and convenient theories. To sound provocative, even the geocentric theory was never "proven" wrong, it is just not as convenient as the heliocentric theory, since it requires endless epicycles.” DoeScienceBeliefSoundTheoryMathematicsDistanceContraryEndlessReplacedProvenConvenientNewtonProvocativeContrary To Popular BeliefProven Wrong Author:Nathan Seiberg
“What will the greatest experiment discover? I have no idea!, maybe nothing!, If we won't check, we will never know. In science there is never a guarantee of success. If you understood this last sentence, then you understood the most important message of this lecture.” IfsKnowsImportantIdeasLastsScienceMessagesUnderstoodMathematicsSentencesExperimentsChecksNo IdeaGuaranteesLectures Author:Nathan Seiberg
“Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here.” TwoScienceLinesMathematicsSurprise Author:Nathan Seiberg
“This is a rather unusual situation in physics. We perform approximate calculations which are valid only in some regime and this gives us the exact answer. This is a theorist's heaven- exact results with approximate methods.” GivingScienceHeavenAnswersResultsSituationMathematicsMethodPhysicsUnusualRegimesCalculationsTheorists Author:Nathan Seiberg
“We do not know how to formulate string theory nor do we know its underlying principles. Surprisingly, this fact does not stop us from making progress.” KnowsDoeFactsSciencePrinciplesKnow HowProgressTheoryMathematicsStringsString Theory Author:Nathan Seiberg
