tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post1666157256309875030..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Einstein on empirical support for theoryEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-31112665064312411882011-12-07T08:27:01.399-05:002011-12-07T08:27:01.399-05:00When he lectured at the University of Zurich in th...When he lectured at the University of Zurich in the Winter of 1910/11.<br /><br /><i>The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 3. The Swiss Years: Writings, 1909-1911</i>. M. J. klein et al. Princeton, 1993, p. 325.<br /><br />http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5mGZno8CvnQC&pg=PA476&dq=%22We+set+up+a+conceptual+system+the+individual+parts+of+which+do+not+correspond+directly+to+empirical+facts%22&hl=en&ei=pGjfTpviFqeNmQXHqo3oBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22We%20set%20up%20a%20conceptual%20system%20the%20individual%20parts%20of%20which%20do%20not%20correspond%20directly%20to%20empirical%20facts%22&f=falseLord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-10785464323713732382011-12-07T08:13:39.730-05:002011-12-07T08:13:39.730-05:00Hey Daniel, if you've never read it, I highly ...Hey Daniel, if you've never read it, I highly endorse Richard Feynman's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Character_of_Physical_Law" rel="nofollow">"The Character of Physical Law."</a> (I just read the booklet, but I think you can watch the actual lectures on YouTube if you prefer that.) That solidified for me what it is that physicists "do" in their jobs.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com