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“There are many ways of knocking electrons out of atoms. The simplest is to rub two surfaces together.”

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Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer born on June 24, 1915, and died on August 20, 2001. He made significant contributions to the field of astrophysics, particularly in the areas of stellar evolution and cosmology. more

“Pierre Curie voluntarily exposed his arm to the action of radium for several hours. This resulted in damage resembling a burn that developed progressively and required several months to heal. Henri Becquerel had by accident a similar burn as a result of carrying in his vest pocket a glass tube containing radium salt. He came to tell us of this evil effect of radium, exclaiming in a manner at once delighted and annoyed: "I love it, but I owe it a grudge."”

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Author:Marie Curie

“Macroscopic objects, as we see them all around us, are governed by a variety of forces, derived from a variety of approximations to a variety of physical theories. In contrast, the only elements in the construction of black holes are our basic concepts of space and time. They are, thus, almost by definition, the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe.”

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Author:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

“In its efforts to learn as much as possible about nature, modern physics has found that certain things can never be "known" with certainty. Much of our knowledge must always remain uncertain. The most we can know is in terms of probabilities.”

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Author:Richard P. Feynman

“The chief philosophical value of physics is that it gives the mind something distinct to lay hold of, which, if you don't, Nature at once tells you you are wrong.”

Ifs Giving Mind Values Philosophical Lays Physics Chiefs

Author:James Clerk Maxwell

“A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.”

Water Air Feet Equal Weight Atmosphere Reaching Cylinders

Book:Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. And if the fixed stars are the centres of other like systems, these, being formed by the like wise counsel, must be all subject to the dominion of One; especially since the light of the fixed stars is of the same nature with the light of the sun.”

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Book:Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Illustrated)

“But though the professed aim of all scientific work is to unravel the secrets of nature, it has another effect, not less valuable, on the mind of the worker. It leaves him in possession of methods which nothing but scientific work could have led him to invent.”

Mind Secret Effects Aim Method Workers Possession Valuable

Book:The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

Source: The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell

“In our work, we are always between Scylla and Charybdis; we may fail to abstract enough, and miss important physics, or we may abstract too much and end up with fictitious objects in our models turning into real monsters that devour us.”

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Book:Murray Gell-Mann: Selected Papers

Source: Murray Gell-Mann: Selected Papers

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