tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post781090468766183562..comments2024-03-25T09:11:17.877-07:00Comments on The Curious Wavefunction: Is mathematics necessary for doing great science?Wavefunctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-81473174864663659762015-05-11T06:54:24.252-07:002015-05-11T06:54:24.252-07:00To a large extent. Even experimentalists need to h...To a large extent. Even experimentalists need to have a quantitative feel for the phenomenon they are trying to probe. In fact the more you read about the history of physics, the more you realize that the best experimentalists (Rabi, Lamb, obviously Fermi, even Lawrence) had this talent.Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-46883496127138490782015-05-11T06:53:08.432-07:002015-05-11T06:53:08.432-07:00I have to say I was unaware of this! Is there a re...I have to say I was unaware of this! Is there a reference you can point me to?Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-25171042541817591402015-05-10T14:46:25.840-07:002015-05-10T14:46:25.840-07:00I think Hermann Weyl also solved the Schrodinger E...I think Hermann Weyl also solved the Schrodinger Equation because Schrodinger didn't have enough math skills to solve it. Please correct me if I am wrong.Chemdiaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06428076032546974013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-70314684216337223812015-05-09T20:36:02.845-07:002015-05-09T20:36:02.845-07:00I think that perhaps one might hesitate to discuss...I think that perhaps one might hesitate to discuss physics and math that way. Math in physics is akin to breathing in humans - it doesn't make it what it is, but if it's not there, things are pretty much dead. Meaning, if you can't do some serious math without having to think about it, you won't be able to do physics at a research level either, something which has been true for something like a century and a half - the last really impactful figure without lots of math in their work is often reckoned to be Faraday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com