Quantum Enigma Quotes

“The opposite of a correct statement is an incorrect statement, but the opposite of a great truth may be another great truth.”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

“The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. —Sir James Jeans”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

“Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

“There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about nature.”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

“F = Ma.”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

“mechanics”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma

“Figure 3.3 Newton’s drawing of a cannon on a mountain In Newton’s famous cannon-on-a-mountain sketch, the dropped cannonball falls straight downward, while those fired with larger”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness

“In 1875, when young Max Planck announced his interest in physics, the chairman of his physics department suggested he study something more exciting. Physics, he said, was just about complete: “All the important discoveries have already been made.”
― Bruce Rosenblum, Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness