I have been interested in phenomena involving complexity, diversity and evolution since I was a young boy. Murray Gell-Mann boycomplexitydiversity Change image and share on social
But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up. Murray Gell-Mann astronomybelldiscover Change image and share on social
Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect. Murray Gell-Mann circumstancedetectdim Change image and 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
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
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
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
Our planet doesn't seem to be the result of anything very special. Murray Gell-Mann planetresultspecial Change image and share on social
If we look at the way the universe behaves, quantum mechanics gives us fundamental, unavoidable indeterminacy, so that alternative histories of the universe can be assigned probability. Murray Gell-Mann alternativeassignbehave Change image and share on social
Hugh Everett's work has been described by many people in terms of many worlds, the idea being that every one of the various alternative histories, branching histories, is assigned some sort of reality. Murray Gell-Mann alternativeassignbranch share on social
