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You see, the chemists have a ...

You see, the chemists have a complicated way of counting: instead of saying "one, two, three, four, five protons", they say, "hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron."

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

It is odd, but on the infrequ...

It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Start out understanding relig...

Start out understanding religion by saying everything is possibly wrong... As soon as you do that, you start sliding down an edge which is hard to recover from.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

I have argued flying saucers ...

I have argued flying saucers with lots of people. I was interested in possible. They do not appreciate that the problem is not to demonstrate whether it's possible or not but whether it's going on or not.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Science is what we have learn...

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

As usual, nature's imaginatio...

As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

I don't feel frightened by no...

I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without any purpose - which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn't frighten me.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Just as a poet often has lice...

Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

To test whether you have lear...

To test whether you have learned an idea or a definition, rephrase what you just learned without using the new word.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Nature isn't classical, dammi...

Nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

In its efforts to learn as mu...

In its efforts to learn as much as possible about nature, modern physics has found that certain things can never be "known" with certainty. Much of our knowledge must always remain uncertain. The most we can know is in terms of probabilities.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

To guess what to keep and wha...

To guess what to keep and what to throw away takes considerable skill. Actually it is probably merely a matter of luck, but it looks as if it takes considerable skill.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

But there is nothing in biolo...

But there is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

The scale of light can be des...

The scale of light can be described by numbers called the frequency and as the numbers get higher, the light goes from red to blue to ultraviolet. We can't see ultraviolet light, but it can affect photographic plates. It's still light only the number is different.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

There are all kinds of intere...

There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

I was terrible in English. I c...

I was terrible in English. I couldn't stand the subject. It seemed to me ridiculous to worry about whether you spelled something wrong or not, because English spelling is just a human convention--it has nothing to do with anything real, anything from nature. Any word can be spelled just as well a different way.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

The easiest person to fool is ...

The easiest person to fool is yourself.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

As revealed by physics, the tr...

As revealed by physics, the truth is so remarkable, so amazing!

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

If an apple was magnified to t...

If an apple was magnified to the size of the Earth, then the atoms in the apple would be approximately the size of the original apple.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Our freedom to doubt was born ...

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.

Richard Feynman 390 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....