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"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement." - Kelvin, 1900 Prof. Stephen Hawking mentions t
by Abishek_Muthian 8y ago
"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement."
- Kelvin, 1900
Prof. Stephen Hawking mentions this in general context that, 'they thought physics was a closed subject in early 20th century' & proceeds to state how the universe was unfolded in theoretical physics in 'Brief Answers to the Big Questions'.
- throwawaymath 8y agoYes, we get it. You're the second person to cite that quote in this thread. But the article is not saying there is nothing new to be discovered in (particle) physics.
- Abishek_Muthian 8y agoMy bad that I didn't see the earlier comment, interesting that it was attributed to Albert Michelson; seems a similar statement was made by him as well. As far the article is concerned, I didn't quote to suggest they say it is end of particle physics. I just didn't agree with, > But with the Higgs found, the next larger collider has no good motivation Theoretical physicists were in consensus that to find precise answers w.r.t what happened during Big Bang we need high energy collider of the size of our solar system, that didn't deter them from creating LHC.
- eitland 8y agoSeems this is misattributed: https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_A._Michelson https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_A._Michelson
- Abishek_Muthian 8y agoIt is said that Albert Michelson made similar quote, but the quote I stated has been attributed to Kelvin.[1] [1] : http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Kelvin.html http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Kelvin.html