10 ideas
| 22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
| 20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
| 24162 | Planck introduced the idea that energy can be quantized [Baggott] |
| 20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |
| 21731 | Fields can be 'scalar', or 'vector', or 'tensor', or 'spinor' [Baggott] |
| 21730 | A 'field' is a property with a magnitude, distributed across all of space and time [Baggott] |
| 24163 | Free electrons have clouds of virtual particles, arising from field interaction [Baggott] |
| 24161 | Thermodynamics sees nature as a continuous flow of energy, as radiation and as substance [Baggott] |
| 21732 | The current standard model requires 61 particles [Baggott] |
| 24160 | Particle measurements don't seem to reflect their reality [Baggott] |