In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in physics, you're hoping to convince Nature. And I've found Nature to be pretty reasonable.
I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain. - Frank Wilczek
I'm convinced that art and science activate the same parts of the brain.
- Frank Wilczek
Why is there something rather than nothing? - Frank Wilczek
Why is there something rather than nothing?
An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but… - Frank Wilczek
An ordinary mistake is one that leads to a dead end, while a profound mistake is one that leads to progress. Anyone can make an ordinary mistake, but…
Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All of them… - Frank Wilczek
Many of my heroes, like Galileo, Maxwell, Newton and, less explicitly, Einstein thought what they were doing was finding out what God is. All of them…
In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in ph… - Frank Wilczek
In physics, your solution should convince a reasonable person. In math, you have to convince a person who's trying to make trouble. Ultimately, in ph…
The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable. - Frank Wilczek
The answer to the ancient question Why is there something rather than nothing would be that nothingis unstable.
I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea. - Frank Wilczek
I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.
I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong. - Frank Wilczek
I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.
If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake. - Frank Wilczek
If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.
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