There is quite a lot that Richard Feynman wrote that wouldn't fit on a tee shirt or be easily understood by Freshmen.
John R From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of meekerdb Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 4:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: TRONNIES On 5/12/2014 3:36 PM, LizR wrote: On 12 May 2014 23:53, Kim Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 May 2014, at 12:05 pm, John Ross wrote: > > He (Stephen Hawking) believes science has become too complicated and we need a theory that can be understandable in broad principal by everyone, not just a few scientists. Are you quite sure that was Stephen who authored that thought or Stephen saying what his book publisher put him under intense pressure to say? Recall that Hawking's books have been hailed as some of the most purchased and the least read (and understood) of all science writers. I think I gave up on his legendary "Brief History of Time" after about page 45. Shame on you. You will never understand the mind of God! :-) Richard Feynman said that if we really understand something we can print it on a t-shirt and explain it to freshmen. Historically, scientific theories tend to be messy and muddled when they are first put forward, e.g. Heisenberg's matrix mechanics, and then they get cleaned up and become easier to understand later. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
