“In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.” MeanDoeFactsMightWould BeScienceReligionPossibilityEvolutionTomorrowEqualDegreesPhysicsMeritApplesClassroomScientific FactsRotten Apples Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“When I was a physics major in the late 1970s, my very few fellow female students and I had high hopes that women would soon stand equal with men in science. But progress has proved slower than many of us imagined.” MenProgressStudentsEqualLateMajorsFemaleFellowsPhysics Author:Margaret Wertheim
“Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot be discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each part by itself... We must keep our attention fixed on the whole and on the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts.” ArtWholeAttentionStudyClearCuttingImpossibleModernTaughtEqualIntellectualVariousPhysicsFixedComponentsTaught UsDividingScience ReligionInterconnectionIntellectual LifeModern PhysicsReligion And Art Author:Max Planck
“There's a law of physics: For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that shows up in politics and society. And I think that the reaction to President Trump's decision on the Paris Agreement has been much stronger than I had even hoped for. And the determination being expressed by so many people in state governments, city governments, in the business community, the investor community, is really heartening to me.” PeopleThinkingSometimesActionPresidentCommunityDecisionEqualDeterminationStrongerPhysicsInvestors Author:Al Gore
“In physics there's the old law for every action there's a equal amount of reaction. Sometimes that's true in politics. If somebody's out there making nonsensical statements, but wielding power behind them a lot of people say, "Well, I need to react to that." Another reason for the increased prominence of the climate-change issue is the Paris Agreement itself. It's not a small thing when just about every nation in the entire world comes together and makes an historic agreement like this. It's a big deal. And the old cliché "The train is leaving the station" kind of applies.” PeopleWorldKindSometimesReasonActionTogetherEqualTrainLeavingPhysicsHistoricSmall ThingsNonsensical Author:Al Gore
“You know, in physics there's the old law for every action there's a equal amount of reaction. Sometimes that's true in politics. If somebody's out there making nonsensical statements, but wielding power behind them a lot of people say, "Well, I need to react to that." I think that's happening.” PeopleThinkingSometimesActionEqualPhysicsNonsensical Author:Al Gore
“The one thing we can't really train for is weightlessness, real weightlessness. It's a ton of fun. It's pure Newtonian physics. You push in one direction, you go in the opposite direction with an equal force.” RealFunEqualTrainPhysics Author:Julie Payette
“It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.” PeopleMenActionFunnyLiteratureStrongPrinciplesEqualOppositesStrongerPhysicsReactionsSupposed To BeRealisingBasic PrinciplesAction And Reaction Book:Wars I have seen Source: Wars I have seen
“My faith in the expertise of physicists like Richard Feynman, for instance, permits me to endorse—and, if it comes to it, bet heavily on the truth of—a proposition that I don't understand. So far, my faith is not unlike religious faith, but I am not in the slightest bit motivated to go to my death rather than recant the formulas of physics. Watch: E doesn't equal mc2, it doesn't, it doesn't! I was lying, so there!” IfsLyingBitsReligiousWatchesEqualPhysicsInstanceMotivatedFormulasPermitPropositionsPhysicistReligious FaithExpertiseRichard Feynman Author:Daniel Dennett