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It is probably no exaggeration to say that all of theoretical physics proceeds by analogy.

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A physics book, unlike a novel, not only has no happy ending, but has no real ending at all.

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Ignorance of science and technology is becoming the ultimate self-indulgent luxury.

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The first reason for teaching science to non scientists is that many of these nonscientists have a genuine desire to learn about science, and this, after all, is the best reason for teaching anything to anyone.

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The number of neurons in the brain is very much larger than the number of components in a computer...

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I would insist that any proposal for a radically new theory in physics or in any other science, contain a clear explanation of why the precedent science worked. What new domain of experience is being explored by the new science, and how does it meld with the old?

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Jeremy Bernstein

Jeremy Bernstein

Born: December 31, 1929

Died: April 20, 2025 (aged 95)

Bio: Jeremy Bernstein was an American theoretical physicist and science essayist.

Known for:

Hitler's uranium club (1996)
Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma (2004)
A Palette of Particles (2013)
Quantum profiles (1991)

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