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Richard Feynman

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

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  • Abilkhair “Aba :o” Khalykovhas quoted3 years ago
    I have my own scale, one of fun, on which I place theoretical physicists I know either in person or in spirit. Yes, it is true: most theoretical physicists are dull as dishwater and rank near minus infinity on this logarithmic scale. I would place Schrödinger (about whom more later) on top, but Feynman would surely rank close behind. I can’t tell you where I land on my own scale, but I do try to have as much fun as possible, limited by the amount of talent and resources at my disposal.
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    the world says that light has an equal amplitude to reflect from every part of the mirror, from A to M
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    middle of the mirror is the important part for reflection—but this correct result came out at the expense of believing that light reflects all over the mirror, and having to add a bunch of little arrows together whose sole purpose was to cancel out
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    because I told everyone that they weren’t going to understand anything
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    experiment carefully measuring the relationship between the thickness of a sheet of glass and partial reflection demonstrate a phenomenon called “interference,” As the thickness of the glass increases, partial reflection goes through a repeating cycle of zero to 16%, with no signs of dying out
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes Nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    And it agrees fully with experiment. So I hope you can accept Nature as She is—absurd
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    With quantum physics, who needs drugs?
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    Generations learned Feynman diagrams without understanding field theory.
  • Sebastian Salashas quoted6 years ago
    What makes Feynman such an extraordinary physicist is that this “battle for the hearts and minds”
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