#physics

At one point in the story, following a brazen daytime bank robbery, Electro is shown escaping from the authorities by climbing up the side of a building, as easily as Spider-Man . . . we see one observer exclaim, "Look!! That strangely-garbed man is racing up the side of the building!" A second man on the street picks up the narrative: "He's holding on to the iron beams in the building by means of electric rays—using them like a magnet!! Incredible!" There are three feelings inspired by this scene. The first is wonder as to why people rarely use the phrase "strangely-garbed" anymore. The second is nostalgia for the bygone era when pedestrians would routinely narrate events occurring in front of them, providing exposition for any casual bystander. And the third is pleasure at the realization that Electro's climbing this building is actually a physically plausible use of his powers. ↗

— James Kakalios

#electro #electromagnetism #physics #inspirational

I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S. ↗

— John Cameron

#department #first #i #medical #medical physics

If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them. ↗

— John Cameron

#communicate #encourage #i #interested #like

Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular phenomenon, namely that in a nonlinear system the outcome is often indefinitely, arbitrarily sensitive to tiny changes in the initial condition. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#changes #chaos #condition #course #indefinitely

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney. ↗

— Alex O'Loughlin

#father #i #physics #school #son

Nothing is accidental in the universe - this is one of my Laws of Physics - except the entire universe itself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#accidental #divinity #entire #entire universe #except

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it. ↗

— Roger Penrose

#book #explore #extent #how #intimately

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me. ↗

— Burton Richter

#chemistry #convinced #entered #first #i

The development of physics, like the development of any science, is a continuous one. ↗

— Owen Chamberlain

#continuous #development #like #physics #science

There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet. ↗

— Koren Zailckas

#hippie #hippies #metaphysics #new-age #yoga