Hideki Yukawa famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Suppose there is something which a person cannot understand. He happens to notice the similarity of this something to some other thing which he understands quite well. By comparing them he may come to understand the thing which he could not understand up to that moment. If his understanding turns out to be appropriate and nobody else has ever come to such an understanding, he can claim that his thinking was really creative.
-- Hideki Yukawa

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Nature creates curved lines while humans create straight lines.
-- Hideki Yukawa

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Reality is complicated. There is no justification for all of the hasty conclusions.
-- Hideki Yukawa

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Reality is cruel. All of the naivete is going to be removed. Reality is always changing, and it is always unpredictable. All of the balance is going to be destroyed.
-- Hideki Yukawa

#Reality #Balance #Unpredictable
I do not want to write beyond this point, because those days when I studied relentlessly are nostalgic to me; and on the other hand, I am sad when I think how I have become increasingly preoccupied with matters other than study.
-- Hideki Yukawa

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Suppose that there is something which a person cannot understand. He happens to notice the similarity of this something to some other thing which he understands quite well. By comparing them he may come to understand the thing which he could not understand up to that moment.
-- Hideki Yukawa

#Science #Thinking #Creative

If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.
Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
[George] Uhlenbeck was a highly gifted physicist. One of his remarkable traits was he would read every issue of T%he Physical Review from cover to cover.
But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.
Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.
Nationality is the creative power of human culture, culture is the creative power of nationality.
I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
Is it an original idea? Or is it something where you're literally a creative collagist? You're taking pieces of the world that you see around you and that are inside of you and put them together in a way that you see fit.
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

Hideki Yukawa famous quotes

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