"Only a few know, how much one must know to know how little one knows." -- Werner Heisenberg (1901 - 1976)

"The task is not to see what has never been seen before, but to think what has never been thought before about what you see every day." -- Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961)

In developing quantum mechanical theory, physicist Paul Dirac, born #OnThisDay, predicted that all matter has a kind of mirror image - antimatter. Dirac's theory would later be proved experimentally. He was awarded the #NobelPrize in 1933 which he shared with Erwin Schrödinger.

Happy #Birthday, mathematical #physicist Sir Roger Penrose! Founding father of quantum gravity. Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems. #Blackholes #WolfPrize #RSMedals The Royal Society britannica.com/biography/Roge…

The students won't cheat in exams if they value their learning more than we value their grades. 🧠

Is this one of the most famous equations in physics? The Schrödinger equation is a cornerstone of quantum physics - the analogue of Newton's law for quantum mechanics. Its derivation led to Schrödinger, born on this day, receiving the 1933 #NobelPrize in Physics.

Schrödinger's Cat is alive... and Pissed. Happy Birthday Erwin Schrödinger!

Happy birthday to astrophysicist Arthur McDonald! At SNOLAB (a science laboratory 2km underground in Ontario, Canada) McDonald proved that neutrinos have mass. He shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics with physicist Takaaki Kajita for their discovery.

"The task is not to see what has never been seen before, but to think what has never been thought before about what you see everyday." -- Erwin Schrödinger (1887 - 1961)

Physics Photo Of the Day: Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr demonstrating 'tippe top' toy at the inauguration of the new Institute of Physics at Lund; Sweden, July 1954.

The first #NobelPrize in Physics, given in 1901, was awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for the discovery of the X-ray. We'll find out who has been awarded this year's prize in just a few weeks time.

Enrico Fermi, born #OTD in 1901, was awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics in 1938. He was awarded the prize for using neutron irradiation to demonstrate the existence of new radioactive elements, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons.

Physics Photo Of the Day: Too much of "Quantum Mechanics" in one picture! Enrico Fermi, Peter Debye, Werner Heisenberg, Otto Stern, Orso Mario Corbino and Niels Bohr at a conference in Rome.

BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2020 #NobelPrize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.

Happy Birthday to one of the pioneers of Quantum Mechanics, Niels Bohr, born 135 years ago today. Physicist Bohr made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory. He received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.

The father of fiber optics: Charles Kao, awarded the 2009 Physics Prize. Kao presented fibers of very pure glass that could transfer information long-distance. His invention has made telecommunication using optical fibers possible. #WorldDevelopmentInformationDay

Frederick Banting, awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin, was born on this day in 1891. The discovery of insulin is one of the biggest breakthroughs in medicine and has saved millions of lives. #WorldDiabetesDay

When Frédéric Joliot and Irène Joliot-Curie bombarded a piece of aluminum with alpha particles in 1934, a new kind of radiation was discovered that left traces inside an apparatus known as a cloud chamber. It was the first time a radioactive element had been created artificially.

Erwin Schrödinger published his famous thought experiment, Schrödinger's cat #OTD in 1935. It illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. In 1933 Schrödinger was awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics.

Werner Heisenberg, born #OTD in 1901, was only 31 when he was awarded the 1932 Physics Prize for the creation of quantum mechanics. He is known for his uncertainty principle which says if you know the exact position of a particle you cannot know its exact momentum and vice versa