“The progress of the human race is effected by the operation of two forces which correspond in most respects to what in physics are often called, for want of better terms, the centripetal and centrifugal forces. These are the forces of convergence and divergence, the one tending to concentration of powers and properties, and the other to their separateness or the independence of parts. Socialism and Individualism are to appearance conflicting, though in reality complemental, in their relations to the societary movement.” WantHumansTwoRealityForceTermRaceProgressMovementRelationIndependencePropertyAppearancePhysicsSocialismOperationsHuman RaceConcentrationIndividualismSeparatenessConvergenceDivergence Author:Joshua K. Ingalls
“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
“There are huge areas where the human mind is apparently incapable of forming sciences, or at least has not done so. There are other areas - so far, in fact, one area only [physics] - in which we have demonstrated the capacity for true scientific progress.” MindHumansDoneFactsProgressHugeAreasCapacityPhysicsHuman MindIncapableScientific Progress Author:Noam Chomsky
“Physics and those parts of other fields that grow out of physics - chemistry, the structure of big molecules - in those domains, there is a lot of progress. In many other domains, there is very little progress in developing real scientific understanding.” LittlesRealBigsGrowsUnderstandingProgressFieldsStructurePhysicsDevelopingChemistryDomainMolecules Author:Noam Chomsky