Julian Schwinger Quotes

• The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous referees. The replacement of impartial reviewing by censorship will be the death of science.

  Julian Schwinger

  Editors, Rejection, Criticism

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• Is the purpose of theoretical physics to be no more than a cataloging of all the things that can happen when particles interact with each other and seperate? Or is it to be an understanding at a deeper level in which there are things that are not directly observable (as the underlying quantized fields are) but in terms of which we shall have a more fundamental understanding?

  Julian Schwinger

  Theoretical Physics, Understanding, Purpose

  Julian Schwinger (2013). “Quantum Mechanics: Symbolism of Atomic Measurements”, p.25, Springer Science & Business Media

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• Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries.

  Julian Schwinger

  Discovery, Important, Royal

  Julian Schwinger (2012). “Einstein's Legacy: The Unity of Space and Time”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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