Willis Lamb Quotes

• I liked quantum mechanics very much. The subject was hard to understand but easy to apply to a large number of interesting problems.

  Willis Lamb

  Numbers, Interesting, Problem

  "Super classical quantum mechanics: the best interpretation of non relativistic quantum mechanics". American Journal of Physics 69, p. 413-422, 2001.

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• A rare theorist turned experimentalist.

  Willis Lamb

  Theorists

  "Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics". Book by D. Kaiser, p.37, 2005.

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• You never find friends them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own.

  Willis Lamb

  Advice, Affair, Deference

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• In his 1930 book, Dirac took for granted that measurements could be made, but was very vague about what was actually involved.

  Willis Lamb

  Book, Measurement, Granted

  "Quantum Measurements and Chaos". Book by E. R. Pike and S. Sarkar, eds., pp. 183-193, 1987.

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• A gifted experimentalist, and theoretician, in the best Newtonian tradition... His contributions to quantum measurements, and elucidative teachings on quantum mechanics, have not yet received the attention they deserve.

  Willis Lamb

  Teaching, Measurement, Attention

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