“Physics has entered a remarkable era. Ideas that were once the realm of science fiction are now entering our theoretical and maybe even experimental grasp. Brand-new theoretical discoveries about extra dimensions have irreversibly changed how particle physicists, astrophysicists, and cosmologists now think about the world. The sheer number and pace of discoveries tells us that we've most likely only scratched the surface of the wondrous possibilities that lie in store. Ideas have taken on a life of their own.” ThinkingWorldIdeasLyingNumbersFictionTakenPossibilityChangedDiscoveryScience FictionSurfaceStoresPhysicsBrandsErasRealmsExtrasDimensionsRemarkablePaceSheerEnteringPhysicistParticlesTheoreticalWondrousBrand New Author:Lisa Randall
“Nineteen hundred and three will bring great advances in surgery, in the study of bacteria, in the knowledge of the cause and prevention of disease. Medicine is played out. Every new discovery of bacteria shows us all the more convincingly that we have been wrong and that the million tons of stuff we have taken was all useless.” Has BeensShowsThreeCausesStuffMillionsStudyTakenDiseaseHundredDiscoveryMedicineUselessSurgeryPreventionNineteenBacteriaNew Discoveries Author:Thomas A. Edison
“Walden - all his books, indeed - are packed with subtle, conflicting, and very fruitful discoveries. They are not written to prove something in the end. They are written as the Indians turn down twigs to mark their path through the forest. He cuts his way through life as if no one had ever taken that road before, leaving these signs for those who come after, should they care to see which way he went.” IfsWayShouldBookEndsCareTurnsPathTakenCuttingWrittenProveDiscoveryMarkLeavingForestsSubtleTwigs Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918 Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918
“Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.” HumansStoriesTakenAchievementDiscoveryEpicBlindness Book:Reflections on the resonances of physics history Source: Reflections on the resonances of physics history