“My latter schooldays and my university days were during the war, when science - physics, in particular - was a very important and glamorous subject. A lot of us felt that if we couldn't get into science, we might try engineering or medicine.” IfsTryingImportantWarMightFeltSubjectsParticularMedicineUniversityPhysicsLatterEngineeringGlamorousScience Physics Author:John Henry Carver
“It is to be emphasized that no matter how many [amplitude] arrows we draw, add, or multiply, our objective is to calculate a single final arrow for the event . Mistakes are often made by physics students at first because they do not keep this important point in mind. They work for so long analyzing events involving a single photon that they begin to think that the arrow is somehow associated with the photon [rather than with the event].” ThinkingMindFirstsLongMadeImportantMatterMistakeEventsStudentsDrawsAddFinalsPhysicsObjectivesArrowsInvolvingAnalyzingPhotons Book:QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter Source: QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
“If physics is too difficult for the physicists, the nonphysicist may wonder whether he should try at all to grasp its complexities and ambiguities. It is undeniably an effort, but probably one worth making, for the basic questions are important and the new experimental results are often fascinating. And if the layman runs into serious perplexities, he can be consoled with the thought that the points which baffle him are more than likely the ones for which the professionals have not found satisfactory answers.” IfsShouldTryingMayImportantRunningFoundDifficultAnswersResultsEffortWonderSeriousPhysicsComplexityFascinatingPhysicistAmbiguityPerplexityLayman Author:Edward Condon
“Conferences with open attendance are very important for the stimulation of young people or other people who are new in the field. ... The field of high-energy physics is, as you know, very strongly in the hands of a clique and it is hard for an outsider to enter.” PeopleKnowsImportantHardHandsYoungEnergyFieldsPhysicsVery StrongOutsidersConferencesStimulationCliqueAttendanceHigh Energy Author:Victor Frederick Weisskopf