10 quotes by paul dirac
- In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it is the exact opposite.
- I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it.
- I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition.
- I think it is the general rule that the originator of a new idea is not the most suitable person to develop it, because his fears of something going wrong are really too strong… At age 69.
- I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.
- It seems that if one is working from the point of view of getting beauty in one’s equations, and if one has really a sound insight, one is on a sure line of progress.
- If we are honest – and scientists have to be – we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality.
- Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant.
- As time goes on, it becomes increasingly evident that the rules which the mathematician finds interesting are the same as those which Nature has chosen.
- A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.
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