Lev Landau
Made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, and cosmology.
Most quoted
"There are three kinds of scientists: those who are good at calculations, those who are good at experiments, and those who are good at talking. I belong to the third category."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
All quotes by Lev Landau (306)
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. That's how you learn.
The main thing is to understand the physical meaning of the equations.
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Science is the poetry of reality.
The true scientist is a person who is always asking 'why'.
Mathematics is the language of physics.
The most important thing in science is to have a good taste.
A theory is only as good as its predictions.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Physics is not just a collection of facts, but a way of thinking.
To understand nature, you must be part of nature.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
The aim of science is to make difficult things simple.
Contemporaries of Lev Landau
Other Physicss born within 50 years of Lev Landau (1908–1968).