爱丁顿( Arthur Eddington )在百年前说过,理论违背麦克斯韦方程不要紧,也许是方程错了;违背实验也不要紧,实验家有时也做傻事。但如果违背了热力学第二定律,那就没戏了: The secondlaw of thermodynamics holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws ofNa ...
Thomas West 在 Thinking Like Einstein 里说,爱因斯坦是 visual thinker 的典范——这一点我很能理解,只要想想小爱和老爱的追光、火车、升降机、时间盒子和 EPR 等思想实验,大概会同意这个说法。(不能运动的霍金,也喜欢用图形来思考。据 Kip Throne 的回忆,黑洞的面积定理就是那 ...
诺贝尔委员会没找到 Higgs ,老人家玩儿去了,不过留了一封感谢信——他当然有理由预知自己获奖的—— I am overwhelmed to receive this award and thank the Royal Swedish Academy. I would also like to congratulate all those who have contributed to the discovery of this n ...