In my relativity theory I set up a clock at every point in space, but in reality I find it difficult to provide even one clock in my room.
Interpretation
Einstein reflects on the complexity of measuring time in theoretical physics compared to practical challenges.
In this quote, Albert Einstein highlights the paradox of theoretical physics, where one can conceive of intricate models like relativity with precise tools for measuring time at every point in space, yet faces the practical difficulty of even having a single clock available in his own space. This underscores the gap between theoretical understanding and practical application, emphasizing the challenges that scientists face when trying to translate complex theories into the tangible world.
In practice
This quote can be used in a lecture on the challenges of theoretical vs practical science.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
Yes, genes are important for understanding our behavior. Incredibly important - after all, they code for every protein pertinent to brain function, endocrinology, etc., etc. But the regulation of genes is often more interesting than the genes themselves, and it's the environment that regulates genes.
Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology.
Water is commonly regarded as the 'solvent of life,' since our bodies are 70% water. All other vertebrates, invertebrates, microbes, and plants are also primarily water. The organization of water within biological compartments is fundamental to life, and the aquaporins serve as the plumbing systems for cells.
It will be another million years, at least, before we understand the primes.
It's quite literally true that we are star dust, in the highest exalted way one can use that phrase. ...I bask in the majesty of the cosmos. I use words, compose sentences that sound like the sentences I hear out of people that had revelation of Jesus, who go on their pilgrimages to Mecca.
All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
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