The Electron, As It Leaves

Philosophically, The Notion Of A Beginning Of The Present Order Of Nature Is Repugnant To Me ... I Should Like To Find A Genuine Loophole.

When An Investigator Has Developed A Formula Which Gives A Complete Representation Of The Phenomena Within A Certain Range, He May Be Prone To Satisfaction. Would It Not Be Wiser If He Should Say 'foiled Again! I Can Find Out No More About Nature Along This Line.'

If Someone Points Out To You That Your Pet Theory Of The Universe Is In Disagreement With Maxwell's Equations - Then So Much The Worse For Maxwell's Equations. If It Is Found To Be Contradicted By Observation - Well, These Experimentalists Do Bungle Things Sometimes. But If Your Theory Is Found To Be Against The Second Law Of Thermodynamics I Can Give You No Hope; There Is Nothing For It But To Collapse In Deepest Humiliation.

If Your Theory Is Found To Be Against The Second Law Of Thermodynamics I Give You No Hope; There Is Nothing For It But To Collapse In Deepest Humiliation.

Schrödinger's Wave-mechanics Is Not A Physical Theory, But A Dodge - And A Very Good Dodge Too.