@phalpern
Physicist and Science Writer. Author of nineteen books, including Time Journeys, Cosmic Wormholes, Einstein's Dice, The Quantum Labyrinth, Synchronicity, Flashes of Creation, and The Allure of the Multiverse.
'A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of others.. I regard class differences as contrary to justice.. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally'
-Albert Einstein (The World As I See It)
#Science #Einstein
'Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.'
-Lise Meitner, Austrian nuclear scientist
#Science #Physics
Two-time Nobel Prize winning Linus Pauling, one of the greatest chemists and peace activists of the 20th century.
#science #chemistry #NobelPrize
'We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance.
As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.'
-John Archibald Wheeler
#Physics #Science #ScienceSky
About your cat, Mr. SchrΓΆdinger β I have good news and bad news
(Benjamin Schwartz, New Yorker)
#Science #Physics #Quantum
'A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of others.. I regard class differences as contrary to justice.. I also consider that plain living is good for everybody, physically and mentally'
-Albert Einstein (The World As I See It)
#Science #Einstein
'Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.'
-Lise Meitner, Austrian nuclear scientist
#Science #Physics
Two-time Nobel Prize winning Linus Pauling, one of the greatest chemists and peace activists of the 20th century.
#science #chemistry #NobelPrize
'We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance.
As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.'
-John Archibald Wheeler
#Physics #Science #ScienceSky
About your cat, Mr. SchrΓΆdinger β I have good news and bad news
(Benjamin Schwartz, New Yorker)
#Science #Physics #Quantum
'Do not remain nameless to yourself β it is too sad a way to be.
Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of your naΓ―ve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacherβs ideals are.'
-Richard Feynman
#Science #Feynman #Physics
"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beautyβa beauty cold and austere like that of sculpture."
-Bertrand Russell
#mathematics #science
'I believe in peace ... because peace must and will be.'
-Albert Einstein
(Interviewed by Aldo Sorani on 26 October 1921 in the Rome newspaper Il Messagero.)
#histSTM #AlbertEinstein
When Jocelyn Bell, who discovered pulsars, did not win the 1974 Nobel Prize for the discovery of pulsars, and the prize went to her research supervisor Antony Hewish, critics dubbed it the 'No-Bell' prize
#Science #Astronomy #Physics
'I wish to thank you with all my heart for the time you devoted to us, and to ask your forgiveness if by any chance my rough manners sometimes made you feel uncomfortable. But above all, I wish you and your children good health.'
-Albert Einstein, writing to Marie Curie, 1913
#Einstein #Curie
π¨ Here is our final speaker list for the @philadelphiascienceaction.substack.com @standupforscience.bsky.social rally and march - tomorrow Saturday at 11a at City Hallπ¨
We hope to see you there so that we can stand together for and with our immigrants neighbors and science.
Get ready, Science Jawns π§ͺπ¦
! Action week is here!
3/5: TEACH-IN on the State of American Science One Year into the Trump Admin. RSVP HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/philadelph...
3/7: Philly's STEM, Healthcare, & Ed community will RALLY & MARCH to oppose the harms of aggressive immigration enforcement.
'Do not remain nameless to yourself β it is too sad a way to be.
Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of your naΓ―ve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacherβs ideals are.'
-Richard Feynman
#Science #Feynman #Physics
'I wish to thank you with all my heart for the time you devoted to us, and to ask your forgiveness if by any chance my rough manners sometimes made you feel uncomfortable. But above all, I wish you and your children good health.'
-Albert Einstein, writing to Marie Curie, 1913
#Einstein #Curie
Sevda Arif KurΕunoΔlu, J Robert Oppenheimer, and Pakistani Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam converse outdoors in Miami, Florida
Sevda, the widow of Turkish physicist Behram KurΕunoΔlu, is now 102 years old and still lives in Florida
(Photo courtesy of AIP)
#Oppenheimer #AbdusSalam
Two brilliant Nobel laureate quantum physicists:
Werner Heisenberg and Shin'ichiro Tomonaga converse during Heisenberg's visit to Japan
#Science #Quantum #Physics
@mattstrassler.bsky.social "Waves in an Impossible Sea" is now available in paperback!
A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey to discover how the universe generates everything from nothing at all.
Washington D.C. March 7th Rally Location, Mall Walk, between 7th & 9th NW, just north of Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
WASHINGTON D.C.!!!
Clear your calendars this SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH because we are rallying on the Mall to Take Back Our Science from 1pm - 3pm.
See map below for location!
Visit this link to learn more!
zurl.co/j6P1o
#March7DC
#standupforscience
#science
#savescience
#rally
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE US
It's up to us to save science, protect health and defend this democracy!
Stand up! Speak out! Hit the streets on March 7th!
Join us on the streets at rallies nationwide on March 7th.zurl.co/Rcwcl
#ItsUpToUs #standupforscience #rally #March7
"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beautyβa beauty cold and austere like that of sculpture."
-Bertrand Russell
#mathematics #science
'I believe in peace ... because peace must and will be.'
-Albert Einstein
(Interviewed by Aldo Sorani on 26 October 1921 in the Rome newspaper Il Messagero.)
#histSTM #AlbertEinstein
'A human being is part of the Universe.. limited in time and space.
He experiences himself.. as something separate, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion'
-Albert Einstein
#Physics #Einstein #Science
Astrophysicist Virginia Trimble, who served as "Miss Twilight Zone" when she was a student, pictured with Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling looking over a script.
From a great article about her in Sky and Telescope:
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-re...
#Astronomy #Astrophysics #TwilightZone
Albert Einstein at the age of 19, during his university years at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in ZΓΌrich, Switzerland. His thoughts at that time about light's behaviour would later lead him to the special theory of relativity.
(Photo courtesy of @ethlibrary.bsky.social)
#Einstein
@huwprice.bsky.social Thank you, Prof. Price, for reviewing my first book Time Journeys more than 35 years ago!
prce.hu/w/preprints/...
