Heart of superconductivity
Heart of superconductivity

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Physics is not publishing as many works as possible in as prestigious journals as possible. Neither is physics determined by the length of a work or how often a work is cited. Physics comes not into being the moment that a famous physicist from a famous university puts his name on a work. And a physical work does not establish itself by being in every textbook. Physics is not a beautiful intriguing theory which cannot provide computable quantities or a challenging astounding experiment which cannot provide measurable quantities, even if this seems unfair and frustrating. And a physical work is not confirmed by receiving a big prize, this cannot even do the Nobel Prize.

 

All these things lack substance. They are not physics. Of course they give a tendency. An extensive prize-winning work from a famous physicist with many citations has in general more physics in it than a brief unnoticed work from an unknown physicist. Nevertheless, they remain a tendency, things from which many are artificially created by men, things which cannot determine the absolute. This can only do the work itself. Physics comes into being, establishes itself, and is confirmed only by the work itself, only by the interplay between theory and experiment. This is where the substance is. In theories which predict computable quantities and in experiments which produce measurable quantities, which can be compared with each other, and which, after ruling out random and accidental agreements, are in good agreement. This is it. The absolute. This is where one comes in contact with physics, comes in contact with something solid. Where one makes deep, freeing, acknowledging experiences. And where one understands.

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By Timo Buttler