“For those who want some proof that physicists are human, the proof is in the idiocy of all the different units which they use for measuring energy.”
― The Character of Physical Law
― The Character of Physical Law
“angular momentum appears in two forms : one of them is angular momentum of motion, and the other is angular momentum in electric and magnetic fields. There is angular momentum in the field around the magnet, although it does not appear as motion, and this has the opposite sign to the spin. If”
― The Character of Physical Law
― The Character of Physical Law
“It is absurd that energy can be measured in calories, in ergs, in electron volts, in foot pounds, in B.T.U.s, in horsepower hours, in kilowatt hours–all measuring exactly the same thing. It is like having money in dollars, pounds, and so on; but unlike the economic situation where the ratio can change, these dopey things are in absolutely guaranteed proportion. If”
― The Character of Physical Law
― The Character of Physical Law
“There are other conservation laws. They are not as interesting as those I have described, and do not deal exactly with the conservation of numbers. Suppose”
― The Character of Physical Law
― The Character of Physical Law
“On the other hand, in the case of hypnotism, at first it looked as though that also would be impossible, when it was described incompletely. Now that it is known better it is realized that it is not absolutely impossible that hypnosis could occur through normal physiological, though as yet unknown, processes; it does not obviously require some special new kind of force.”
― The Character of Physical Law
― The Character of Physical Law
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