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Leopold Infeld
(20 Aug 1898 - 15 Jan 1968)
Polish physicist who worked with Albert Einstein on relativity and quantum theory.
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Science Quotes by Leopold Infeld (3 quotes)
Einstein uses his concept of God more often than a Catholic priest. Once I asked him:
'Tomorrow is Sunday. Do you want me to come to you, so we can work?'
'Why not?'
'Because I thought perhaps you would like to rest on Sunday.'
Einstein settled the question by saying with a loud laugh: 'God does not rest on Sunday either.'
'Tomorrow is Sunday. Do you want me to come to you, so we can work?'
'Why not?'
'Because I thought perhaps you would like to rest on Sunday.'
Einstein settled the question by saying with a loud laugh: 'God does not rest on Sunday either.'
— Leopold Infeld
Quest: The Evolution of a Scientist (1941), 247.
Nearly every understanding is gained by a painful struggle in which belief and unbelief are dramatically interwoven.
— Leopold Infeld
In Quest: An Autobiography (1980), 200.
The world is so full of wonderful things we should all, if we were taught how to appreciate it, be far richer than kings.
— Leopold Infeld
In Growing Young (1989), 120.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
