Quotes by Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac

A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical.

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A physical law must possess mathematical beauty.

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A termination of one’s life is necessary in the scheme of things to provide a logical reason for unselfishness. . . . The fact that there is an end to one’s life compels one to take an interest in things that will continue to live after one is dead.

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Life Is

Reason

A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.

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Fit

Ugly

As time goes on, it becomes increasingly evident that the rules which the mathematician finds interesting are the same as those which Nature has chosen.

Interesting

Nature

Science

I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.

Long

Science

Talking

I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it.

Equations

Science

Understanding

I found the best ideas usually came, not when one was actively striving for them, but when one was in a more relaxed state… I used to take long solitary walks on Sundays, during which I tended to review the current situation in a leisurely way. Such occasions often proved fruitful, even though (or perhaps, because) the primary purpose of the walk was relaxation and not research.

Ideas

Long

Sunday

I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value.

Equality

Trying

Two

I think it is the general rule that the originator of a new idea is not the most suitable person to develop it, because his fears of something going wrong are really too strong… At age 69.

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Thinking

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Quotes by Paul Dirac

Paul Dirac

A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical.

A physical law must possess mathematical beauty.

A termination of one’s life is necessary in the scheme of things to provide a logical reason for unselfishness. . . . The fact that there is an end to one’s life compels one to take an interest in things that will continue to live after one is dead.

A theory with mathematical beauty is more likely to be correct than an ugly one that fits some experimental data.

As time goes on, it becomes increasingly evident that the rules which the mathematician finds interesting are the same as those which Nature has chosen.

I admired Bohr very much. We had long talks together, long talks in which Bohr did practically all the talking.

I consider that I understand an equation when I can predict the properties of its solutions, without actually solving it.

I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value.

I think it is the general rule that the originator of a new idea is not the most suitable person to develop it, because his fears of something going wrong are really too strong… At age 69.

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