Where do we stand today compared to Greece circa 400 B.C.? Today's experiment-driven 'standard model' is not all that dissimilar to Democritus's speculative [sic] atomic theory.
I'm so old I can remember when the Dead Sea was only sick. - Leon M. Lederman
I'm so old I can remember when the Dead Sea was only sick.
- Leon M. Lederman
He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms a… - Leon M. Lederman
He [Democritus] is probably best known for two of the most scientifically intuitive quotes ever uttered by an ancient: 'Nothing exists except atoms a…
The sequence of theorist, experimenter, and discovery has occasionally been compared to the sequence of farmer, pig, truffle. The farmer leads the pi… - Leon M. Lederman
The sequence of theorist, experimenter, and discovery has occasionally been compared to the sequence of farmer, pig, truffle. The farmer leads the pi…
Those who do not stop asking silly questions become scientists. - Leon M. Lederman
Those who do not stop asking silly questions become scientists.
The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God. - Leon M. Lederman
The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God.
Science should have no less lofty a goal. My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit ea… - Leon M. Lederman
Science should have no less lofty a goal. My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit ea…
Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. - Leon M. Lederman
Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money.
One of the major ingredients for professional success in science is luck. Without this, forget it. - Leon M. Lederman
One of the major ingredients for professional success in science is luck. Without this, forget it.
We hope to explain the entire universe in a single, simple formula that you can wear on your T-shirt. - Leon M. Lederman
We hope to explain the entire universe in a single, simple formula that you can wear on your T-shirt.
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