Brainy Quote of the Day

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Camena...of Physics...

Epicurus, teacher of Lucretius and a key figure in development of the Scientific Method
Camena = poetry (Latin)

Also, a (long) poem: De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), By Lucretius, written 50 BCE, translated by William Ellery Leonard

I prove the supreme law of Gods and sky,
And the primordial germs of things unfold,
Whence Nature all creates, and multiplies
And fosters all, and whither she resolves
Each in the end when each is overthrown.
This ultimate stock we have devised to name
Procreant atoms, matter, seeds of things,
Or primal bodies, as primal to the world.


I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They are in opposition. Paul Dirac, BrainyQuotes.com

1 comment:

  1. This is what ZapperZ had to say about the subject: http://physicsandphysicists.blogspot.com/2011/10/communicating-science-through-arts.html

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