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Everything we know about modern physics was being discovered at that time. Math formalism was really taking a foothold. Neither field has seen major advancement
by yCombLinks 3y ago
Everything we know about modern physics was being discovered at that time. Math formalism was really taking a foothold. Neither field has seen major advancements since roughly the 70s. Computer science is the same. Now we're computer plumbers, not scientists. I'm not suggesting there won't be advancements, but we solved most of the fundamentals in that time period
- n4r9 3y ago> we solved most of the fundamentals in that time period Arguably this is just one interpretation, the other being "we haven't made fundamental progress since that time period". In my limited understanding as a mathematician, there's definitely room for progress: settling the measurement problem, or formulating a theory of quantum gravity, say.