Quantum Electrodynamics

🇺🇸Richard Feynman

Science

1918–1988

"Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!"

🇺🇸Boris Podolsky

Science

1896–1966

"Ever since quantum phenomena became definitely recognized many attempts were made to picture their mechanism."

🇺🇸Julian Schwinger

Science

1918–1994

"Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries."

🇩🇪Detlef Dürr

Philosophy

1951–2021

"It is widely believed that in our quantum world physical facts about occurrences in space time must be grounded in the wave function. There are several long recognized and much discussed difficulties with this view."

🇺🇸Victor Weisskopf

Science

1908–2002

"Self-confidence is an important ingredient that makes for a successful physicist."

🇺🇸Sidney Drell

Science

1926–2016

"Science knows no boundaries, and efforts to create barriers – whether to keep new ideas within or to prevent new ones from entering from the outside – have universally proved harmful to progress."