Richard P. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynmanwas an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth11 May 1918
CountryUnited States of America
We find that the statements of science are not of what is true and what is not true, but statements of what is known with different degrees of certainty: "It is very much more likely that so and so is true than that it is not true".
Nature does not care what we call it, she just keeps on doing it.
Victory usually goes to those green enough to underestimate the monumental hurdles they are facing.
The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that is most interesting.
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers of the preceding generation.
The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought.
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations.
I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn't frighten me.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
The real question of government versus private enterprise is argued on too philosophical and abstract a basis. Theoretically, planning may be good. But nobody has ever figured out the cause of government stupidity—and until they do (and find the cure), all ideal plans will fall into quicksand.
What did you ASK at school today?
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
Tell your son to stop trying to fill your head with science — for to fill your heart with love is enough.