James Jeans Quote

We now know that there is, in principle, no permanence in substance; it is mere bottled energy, and possesses no more inherent permanence than bottled beer.


Physics and Philosophy, Chapter II (p. 41), Dover Publications, Inc. 1981


We now know that there is, in principle, no permanence in substance; it is mere bottled energy, and possesses no more inherent permanence than...

We now know that there is, in principle, no permanence in substance; it is mere bottled energy, and possesses no more inherent permanence than...

We now know that there is, in principle, no permanence in substance; it is mere bottled energy, and possesses no more inherent permanence than...

We now know that there is, in principle, no permanence in substance; it is mere bottled energy, and possesses no more inherent permanence than...