Skip to content

Before the quantum theory appeared, the principle of the uniformity of nature - that like causes produce like effects - had been accepted as a universal and indisputable fact of science. As soon as the atomicity of radiation became established, this principle had to be discarded.

— James Jeans Physics and Philosophy (1942)

Another quote →

More quotes by James Jeans

And the substance out of which this bubble is blown, the soap-film, is empty space welded onto empty time.

The Mysterious Universe (1930)

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

The Mysterious Universe (1930)

As discontinuity marched into the world of phenomena through one door, causality walked out through another.

Physics and Philosophy (1942)

Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

The Mysterious Universe (1930)

The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it all means.

The Stars in their Courses (1931)

All James Jeans quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: James Jeans (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.