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references e-f
Group:
philosophy of mathematics
Topic:
science as mathematics
Topic:
mathematics by proofs and refutations
Topic:
history of mathematics
Topic:
law of nature
Topic:
people vs. computers
Topic:
physics as computation
Topic:
reality is a machine
Topic:
concurrency
Topic:
special relativity
Topic:
quantum mechanics
Topic:
statistical mechanics
Topic:
quantum electrodynamics
Topic:
probability
Topic:
atoms and molecules
Topic:
science as experiment
Topic:
scientific method
Topic:
discrete vs. continuous
Topic:
infinity and infinitesimal
Topic:
handling complexity
Topic:
symmetry
Topic:
scientific paradigms and research programs

Reference

Feynman, R., The Character of Physical Law, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 1965. Google

Other Reference

from paperback edition, 18th printing

Quotations
40 ;;Quote: mathematics is organized reasoning that connects statements together; e.g., about the force of gravity
47 ;;Quote: unlike the Euclidean method, the Babylonian idea is to remember enough to work something out or reconstruct what is needed
53 ;;Quote: physicists do Babylonian mathematics because different formulations of the same law give different clues for related laws
55 ;;Quote: the correct laws of physics seem to be expressible in a tremendous variety of ways
57 ;;Quote: currently, the laws of physics require infinite computation in an infinitesimal area
57+;;Quote: speculate that the machinery of physics will be revealed and it will have simple laws
93 ;;Quote: space and time must be interlocked because simultaneous events are relative; 'now' is inconsistent at a distance
147 ;;Quote: Nature herself does not even known which way the electron is going to go; intrinsically probabilistic
149 ;;Quote: all matter is the same; frogs are made of the same 'goup' as rocks
150 ;;Quote: all ordinary phenomena can be explained by particle motions; life is in principle understandable via physics
156 ;;Quote: if a computation disagrees with experiment it is wrong; the key to science
164 ;;Quote: science is only useful if it tells you about some experiment that has not been done; extend ideas beyond experience
166 ;;Quote: space should be discrete because continuous space yields infinities; so geometry does not extend down into infinitely small space
167 ;;Quote: partial symmetries such as neutrons/protons may arise out of complexity
172 ;;Quote: science can not keep on going; either all the laws will be known or experiments will become too hard and expensive to perform
172 ;;Quote: we live in the age that is discovering the fundamental laws of nature; but you only discover them once and the excitement will go away
173 ;;Quote: the vigorous philosophy and attention to detail of science may disappear; a degeneration of ideas


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