The Physicists’ Odyssey – Kisah-Kisah 25 Sarjana Fizik (L130)

Kalau TUHAN turunkan para kekasihnya untuk mengajar manusia mengenai fizik, maka inilah wajah-wajah yang mungkin akan terpampang sebagai nabi-nabi tersebut.

IQ yang tidak tertanding. Ketabalan menghadapi ujian. keunikan yang membuat mereka terasing.

Namun, disebalik kejayaan dan penemuan yang memukau dunia, mereka juga manusia seperti kita.

Ada suka dan duka. Ada betul dan silap. Ada tangis dan ketawa.

Ini kisah 25 sarjana fizik, yang nama mereka terpahat dalam sejarah, sebagai yang teragung. Bukan sahaja kisah hebat yang diriwayat, tetapi kisah drama kehidupan yang tercatat.

“Truth is sought for its own sake. And those who are engaged upon the quest for anything for its own sake are not interested in other things. Finding truth is difficult. And the road to it is rough.” – Alhazensa

“Thus most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.” – Isaac Newton

“The value of education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.” – Albert Einstein

“Science cannot tell us a word about why music delight us, of why and how an old song can move us to tears.” – Erwin Schrodinger

“The aim of science is to make difficult things understandable in a simply way. The aim of poetry is to state simple things in an incomprehensible way. The two are incompatible.” – Paul Dirac

“Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.” – Archimedes