andrew_russell/fs/ksg@ksg.harvard.edu
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 17:45:48 +0100
andrew russell/fs/ksg
03/18/98 10:31 PM
To: lilasqd@hkg.com
cc:
"Sir James Jeans was a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He made
fundamental contributions to the dynamical theory of gases, the
mathematical theory of electromagnetism, the evolution of gaseous stars,
the nature of nebulae - to name a few. He was knighted in 1924, and went on
to become one of the most popular and prominent philosophers of science."
Not at the top of my list, but speaking as a physicist, he validates the
notion that science and ratioanlity is less than comprehensive:
"The outsatnding achievement of twentieth century physics is not the theory
of relativity with its welding together of space and time, or the theory of
quanta with its apparent negation of the laws of causation, or the
dissection of the atom with the resultant discovery that things are not
what they seem; it is the general recognition that we are not yet in
contact with the ultimate reality. We are still imprisoned in our own cave,
with our backs to the light, and can only watch the shadows on the wall."
Sir James Jeans, _The Mysterious Universe_
sorry to use the words of others so often to get my points across. it's
just that they say it so much better than I do....
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