The Belief That There Is Only One

To Present A Scientific Subject In An Attractive And Stimulating Manner Is An Artistic Task, Similar To That Of A Novelist Or Even A Dramatic Writer. The Same Holds For Writing Textbooks.

The Problem Of Physics Is How The Actual Phenomena, As Observed With The Help Of Our Sense Organs Aided By Instruments, Can Be Reduced To Simple Notions Which Are Suited For Precise Measurement And Used Of The Formulation Of Quantitative Laws. Experiment And Theory In Physics

My Advice To Those Who Which To Learn The Art Of Scientific Prophesy Is Not To Rely On Abstract Reason, But To Decipher The Secret Language Of Nature From Nature's Documents: The Facts Of Experience.

It Is A Fascinating Fact That Father And Son Have Given The Most Striking Evidence For The Apparently Contradictory Properties Of The Electron: The Father Proving Its Character As A Particle, The Son Its Character As A Wave... Thomson Was Extremely Proud Of His Son's Success And Tried To Assimilate The New Results Into His Old Convictions.

I Am Now Convinced That Theoretical Physics Is Actually Philosophy.