“I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.” WellsFactsBigsSchoolDifferencesStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolBe GoodPhysicsPhysicistHigh School Students Author:Timothy Simons
“In terms of the most astonishing fact about which we know nothing, there is dark matter and dark energy. We don't know what either of them is. Everything we know and love about the universe and all the laws of physics as they apply, apply to four percent of the universe. That's stunning.” KnowsMatterFactsLawUniverseEnergyTermDarkFourPercentAnd LovePhysicsAstonishingStunningLaws Of PhysicsDark MatterDark Energy Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It seems significant that according to quantum physics the indestructibility of energy on one hand which expresses its timeless existence and the appearance of energy in space and time on the other hand correspond to two contradictory (complementary) aspects of reality. In fact, both are always present, but in individual cases the one or the other may be more pronounced.” MayTwoFactsHandsRealitySeemsIndividualEnergySpaceExistenceCasesAspectAppearancePhysicsSignificantQuantumTimelessTime And SpaceContradictoryQuantum PhysicsComplementary Book:Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958 Source: Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters, 1932-1958
“The ultimate aim of the modern movement in biology is in fact to explain all biology in terms of physics and chemistry.” FactsTermModernMovementUltimateAimPhysicsBiologyChemistry Author:Francis Crick
“The idea of an isolated American painting , so popular in this country during the thirties, seems absurd to me, just as the idea of a purely American mathematics or physics would seem absurd... And in another sense, the problem doesn't exist at all; or, if it did, would solve itself: An American is an American and his painting would naturally be qualified by the fact, whether he wills or not. But the basic problems of contemporary painting are independent of any one country.” IfsIdeasCountryFactsProblemSeemsPaintingMathematicsIndependentSolvePhysicsContemporaryAbsurdIsolatedQualified Book:Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956 Source: Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956
“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