Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena with the geometry of space; this was an exciting idea. Richard P. Feynman achievementbeautifulconnect share on social
There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics. Richard P. Feynman actatomlaw Change image and share on social
All the evidence, experimental and even a little theoretical, seems to indicate that it is the energy content which is involved in gravitation, and therefore, since matter and antimatter both represent positive energies, gravitation makes no distinction. Richard P. Feynman antimattercontentdistinction share on social
I don't believe in honors - it bothers me. Honors bother: honors is epaulettes; honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up this way. Richard P. Feynman botherbringepaulette Change image and share on social
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman easyfoolperson Change image and share on social
The correct statement of the laws of physics involves some very unfamiliar ideas which require advanced mathematics for their description. Therefore, one needs a considerable amount of preparatory training even to learn what the words mean. Richard P. Feynman advanceamountconsiderable share on social
We do not know where to look, or what to look for, when something is memorized. We do not know what it means, or what change there is in the nervous system, when a fact is learned. This is a very important problem which has not been solved at all. Richard P. Feynman changefactimportant share on social
If I could explain it to the average person, I wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize. Richard P. Feynman averageexplainnobel Change image and share on social
Once you have a computer that can do a few things - strictly speaking, one that has a certain 'sufficient set' of basic procedures - it can do basically anything any other computer can do. This, loosely, is the basis of the great principle of 'Universality'. Richard P. Feynman basicbasicallybasis share on social
Each piece, or part, of the whole of nature is always merely an approximation to the complete truth, or the complete truth so far as we know it. In fact, everything we know is only some kind of approximation because we know that we do not know all the laws as yet. Richard P. Feynman approximationcompletefact share on social
