Quotes by Physicists

My father himself was a human geneticist who was recognized for demonstrating that older mothers tend to get more Down syndrome children, but he had lots of scientific interests. Roger Penrose
Father Down Older Syndrome Recognized More Tend Had He Geneticist Himself Scientific Mothers Demonstrating Lots Get Human Children Interests Who
I believe there is something going on in a conscious being, which includes many animals, as well as ourselves, that is not a computational activity. And to be conscious at all is not a quality that a computer as such will ever possess - no matter how complicated, no matter how well it plays chess or any of these things. Roger Penrose
Quality Complicated Matter Will Animals Believe Possess Ourselves Something Computational Computer Well How Chess Any Going Being Which Many Activity Ever Conscious Things Plays
If you come from mathematics, as I do, you realize that there are many problems, even classical problems, which cannot be solved by computation alone. Roger Penrose
Alone Mathematics You Problems Solved Classical Computation Come Cannot Which Realize Many Even
I have certainly enjoyed puzzles since an early age, and things that look like impossible things are often particularly intriguing. Roger Penrose
Age Impossible Intriguing Puzzles Since Like Look Particularly Often Certainly Enjoyed Things Early Early Age
I used to make polyhedra with my father. There were no clear lines between games and toys for children and his professional work. Roger Penrose
Work Father Clear Between Toys Make Were His Lines Children Used Games Professional
Might we... be doing something with our brains that cannot be described in computational terms at all? How do our feelings of conscious awareness - of happiness, pain, love, aesthetic sensibility, will, understanding, etc. - fit into such a computational picture? Roger Penrose
Happiness Love Will Picture Feelings Understanding Pain Awareness Our Something Computational Terms How Aesthetic Doing Fit Brains Sensibility Cannot Etc Might Conscious
If there is no fundamental science then there is no basis for applied science. We have to strike a balance. 23 years ago the World Wide Web was born here. It has changed the world dramatically. Rolf-Dieter Heuer
Balance Science World World Wide Web Changed Dramatically Strike Born Web Years Years Ago Then Fundamental Wide Applied Here Basis
Whatever basic science resolves, at some stage it is of use to society. The problem is we do not know when or where. Rolf-Dieter Heuer
Science Problem Whatever Stage Society Some Know Where Use Basic
It is important to fund young researchers who want to do curiosity-driven research. Curiosity-driven research is a part of life. Some people are curious. They want to learn more about nature and society should help that. It's like art: you can learn more and bring more beauty. Serge Haroche
Life Art Nature You People Some People Important Beauty Young Research Society Some About More Part Like Learn Curious Want Should Help Researchers Who Fund Bring
It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science. Serge Haroche
Love Nature You Science School High High School Struck Could Understand Always Been Maths What You Love Explain Interested Use Hard Why
I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Natural World Progress Understanding Think Types Seeking Various Physicists Come Making Scientists Goal Same Natural World Biologists
I think that I got committed to physics at the age of - oh, it must have been 1942 - ten, when most countries were at war and children were interested in airplanes and bombs and such things. Sheldon Lee Glashow
War Age Physics Think Airplane Must Ten Countries Most Got Were Been Committed Oh Children Interested Such Things Bombs Things
There's something called From 'Alchemy to Quarks,' which will teach you everything you have to know, you want to know, about physics. Sheldon Lee Glashow
You Physics Will Everything About Something Know Want Which Teach Alchemy
String theory has had a long and wonderful history. It originated as a technique to try to understand the strong force. It was a calculational mechanism, a way of approaching a mathematical problem that was too difficult, and it was a promising way, but it was only a technique. It was a mathematical technique rather than a theory in itself. Sheldon Lee Glashow
History Wonderful Problem Strong Try Approaching Long Difficult Too String Way String Theory Promising Rather Only Had Force Understand Mathematical Itself Than Theory Mechanism Originated Technique
There are physicists, and there are string theorists. Of course the string theorists are physicists, but the string theorists in general will not attend lectures on experimental physics. They will not be terribly concerned about the results of experiments. They will talk to one another. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Physics Will String About General Physicists Results Attend Talk Concerned Terribly Another Course Lectures Experimental Experiments
In 1956, when I began doing theoretical physics, the study of elementary particles was like a patchwork quilt. Electrodynamics, weak interactions, and strong interactions were clearly separate disciplines, separately taught and separately studied. There was no coherent theory that described them all. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Physics Strong Quilt Weak Studied Study Clearly Particles Like Disciplines Doing Were Began Taught Interactions Them Separate Separately Theoretical Theory Elementary Coherent
I had more or less abandoned the idea of an electroweak gauge theory during the period 1961-1970. Of the several reasons for this, one was the failure of my naive foray into renormalizability. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Failure Gauge Several Abandoned More More Or Less Had Idea Naive Period Less Theory Reasons
Would physics at Geneva be as good as physics at Harvard? I think not. Rome? I think not. In Britain, I don't think there is one place, neither Cambridge nor Oxford, which can compare with Harvard. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Good Physics Think Harvard Neither Would Geneva Cambridge Nor Oxford Rome Place Which Compare Britain
String theory's biggest prediction is that gravity exists. That's good. That's a lot more than preceding theories could do. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Good String More Could Lot Exists Than Biggest Prediction Theories Theory Gravity
I suppose I'm worried that someday there will be some exciting experiments to do, and there won't be anyone around who knows what experiments are. Sheldon Lee Glashow
Will Worried Some Someday Exciting Suppose Knows Around Anyone Experiments Who
Basically, I like research because research is like to solve the quiz, you know. Always there is a problem, and I have to solve the problem. So I like those patterns. It's almost like research is sort of in a quiz. Shuji Nakamura
You Problem Research Those Solve Almost Like Know Sort Because Always Quiz Patterns Basically
The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic. Shuji Nakamura
Government Me Problem Press Likes Lot Very Bureaucratic Japanese
I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the Nobel Prize.' So, I was so, so happy, and I was so surprised. Shuji Nakamura
Me You Happy Win Could Nobel Nobel Prize Sure Got Surprised Prize Committee Whether
I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED. Shuji Nakamura
Thankful Me Opportunity Research Gave Corporation Chemical Am Led Blue Create Who Founder
When I started on my research, I never expected I could invent the LED and laser diode. Shuji Nakamura
Invent Research Could Never Led Expected Laser Started
The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such as displays, automotive, medicine and horticulture was unexpected. Shuji Nakamura
Technology Energy Medicine Savings Proliferation Promise Area Emissions Lighting Reduced Affordable Unexpected Inception Carbon
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