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“Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.”
Albert Einstein
“There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.”
Douglas Adams
“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.”
“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”
“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
“The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks”
“A theory is the more impressive the greater is the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates and the more extended the range of its applicability.”
“It is the theory that decides what can be observed”
“A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.”
“On the big Bang theory: For every one billion particles of antimatter there were one billion and one particles of matter. And when the mutual annihilation was complete, one billionth remained - and that's our present universe.”
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