George Johnson (writer) Quote

Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin with a boxing glove on one hand and a catcher's mitt on the other.


On Skinning Schrodinger's Cat, The New York Times, Section 4, Sunday, 2 June 1996 (p. 16)


Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin ...

Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin ...

Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin ...

Trying to capture the physicists' precise mathematical description of the quantum world with our crude words and mental images is like playing Chopin ...