I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results. Murray Gell-Mann astonishcorrectexperimental Change image and share on social
Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special. Murray Gell-Mann planetresultspecial Change image and share on social
If someone says that he can think or talk about quantum physics without becoming dizzy, that shows only that he has not understood anything whatever about it. Murray Gell-Mann dizzyphysicquantum Change image and share on social
Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular phenomenon, namely that in a nonlinear system the outcome is often indefinitely, arbitrarily sensitive to tiny changes in the initial condition. Murray Gell-Mann arbitrarilychaoscondition share on social
Well, I don't like to get involved in these philosophical issues very much. Murray Gell-Mann involveissuephilosophical Change image and share on social
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm. Murray Gell-Mann depressiondisappointmententhusiasm Change image and share on social
I do not keep up with the details of particle physics. Murray Gell-Mann detailparticlephysic Change image and share on social
For me, the study of these laws is inseparable from a love of Nature in all its manifestations. Murray Gell-Mann inseparablelawlove Change image and share on social
What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere in the universe, such as quarks, all the way to complex entities, and in particular complex adaptive system like jaguars. Murray Gell-Mann adaptiveblockbook share on social
You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars. Murray Gell-Mann astronomercollisionphysical Change image and share on social
