Physicist Sergei Petrovich Kapitsa does not need any special introduction. From 1973 to 2012, he remained the permanent host of the popular science television program “Obvious - Incredible” and proved that science can be entertaining and interesting.
While remaining the editor-in-chief of the magazine “In the World of Science” and vice-president of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Sergei Kapitsa spent many years talking about science, technology and culture in a way that was understandable and interesting to everyone.
And to this day, his bright quotes and thoughts are more relevant than ever:
Quotes from Sergei Kapitsa
1. If instead of the billions spent on the armed forces, there were millions on education and healthcare, then there would be no place for terrorism.
2. It is easy to gather a herd of sheep, but it is difficult to assemble a herd of cats.
3. History has long been an “adjective science” - it was “applied” to the point of view of this or that ruler.
4. Only contradiction stimulates the development of science. It needs to be emphasized, not glossed over.
5. Moscow, despite many things that irritate me, is still my city. You need to be able to filter it all out. Every person should have filters against spam.
6. If you subordinate everything to money, then everything will remain money, they will not turn into either a masterpiece or a discovery.
7. Television, the most powerful means of human interaction, is now in the hands of those who are completely irresponsible about their role in society.
8. The main miracle is that we live.
9. What will remain after the current generation? Will their SMS messages be published for the edification of their descendants?
10. Vulgarity can turn a woman off. Sometimes it’s what attracts you, so go figure it out.
11. A suit disciplines a man and organizes him internally. Once upon a time, BBC radio announcers read the news in tuxedos and evening dresses, although listeners could not see them.
12. 50 years ago there were as many bicycles on Rublyovka as there are now cars.
13. Do you know what my main difference with the church is? I say that the man of God invented it, and they say that it’s the other way around.
14. Culture must be instilled! Even by force. Otherwise, we will all face collapse.
15. I have never seen more hunted men than in America. They are in a terrible state, aggressive feminism is finishing them off.
16. Women used to dress more boringly. Now there is a colossal range: from monstrous bad taste to very decently dressed people. But for some reason you notice the latter much less often than before.
17. Mathematics is what the Russians teach the Chinese in American universities.
18. I am a Russian Orthodox atheist.
19. A modern experimental physicist needs about a million a year - for instruments, for the entire infrastructure that supports his research. Yes, this is an expensive pleasure, but a boutique on Gorky Street costs more.
20. Nothing prevents a person from becoming smarter tomorrow than he was yesterday.
21. Leading means not stopping good people from working.
22. It’s not the computer that can bring a person, but the Internet. The remarkable Russian psychologist Alexei Leontiev said in 1965: “An excess of information leads to an impoverishment of the soul.” These words should be written on every website.
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Date of birth: February 14, 1928 Place of birth: Cambridge, UK
Date of death: August 14, 2012 (age 84), Moscow, Russia
Soviet and Russian physicist, educator, TV presenter, editor-in-chief of the magazine “In the World of Science”, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Since 1973, he has continuously hosted the popular science television program “Obvious - Incredible.” Son of Nobel Prize laureate Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa.
Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1980), UNESCO International Kalinga Prize (1979), Prize of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences for his contribution to the popularization of science (1995). Awarded the Order of Honor (2006), the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2011), and the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2012).
Aphorisms from Sergei Kapitsa
*** 50 years ago there were as many bicycles on the ruble road as there are now cars.
***
The Internet will change the contours of intellectual property law.
(Internet)
***
I have everything I need - I have a dacha on Nikolina Gora, an apartment in Moscow, a car and a computer. Nothing more is needed except ideas.
***
The lack of competent management hurts science.
***
Misunderstanding of certain things does not mean the existence of God.
(God)
***
What will remain after the current generation? Will their text messages be published for the edification of their descendants?
***
Mathematics is what the Russians teach the Chinese in American universities.
(mathematics)
***
A modern experimental physicist needs about a million a year - for instruments, for the entire infrastructure that supports his research. Yes, this is an expensive pleasure, but a boutique on Gorky Street costs more.
***
A suit disciplines a man and organizes him internally. Once upon a time, BBC radio announcers read the news in tuxedos and evening dresses, although listeners could not see them.
***
Money is not the purpose of the existence of society, but only a means of achieving certain goals.
***
Culture must be inculcated! Even by force. Otherwise, we will all face collapse.
***
Before you act, you need to understand.
***
If you pretend to be smart in front of people, speak to them in some foreign language - they will not forgive you for this. If you talk to people seriously and they don’t understand, they will forgive you.
***
Television, the most powerful means of human interaction, is now in the hands of those who are completely irresponsible about their role in society.
***
Vulgarity can be off-putting in a woman. Sometimes it’s what attracts you, so go figure it out.
***
Big figures don't let people get close to them. Richter didn’t let him in. Father too. They valued themselves and their time.
***
Moscow, despite many things that irritate me, is still my city. You need to be able to filter it all out. Every person should have filters against spam.
***
I knew Akunin when he was still the scientific secretary of our editorial office of the Pushkin Library, which published one hundred volumes of Russian literature. What attracts me to his detective stories is that his detective, as a statesman, has responsibility for the assigned case, for the interests of the country. Responsibility is a concept that has practically disappeared now.
***
Attempts to frame the most significant achievements of science as someone else's discoveries are just a way to satisfy the vanity of their authors. In fact, these achievements belong to humanity as a whole.
(the science)
***
If instead of the billions that are spent on the armed forces, there were millions on education and health care, then there would be no place for terrorism.
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Sergei Petrovich Kapitsa is a Soviet and Russian physicist, educator, TV presenter, editor-in-chief of the magazine “In the World of Science”, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Since 1973, he has continuously hosted the popular science television program “Obvious - Incredible.”
Today we will remember 20 fair and vivid aphorisms of the scientist.
- It is easy to gather a flock of rams, but it is difficult to gather a flock of cats.
- Leading means not stopping good people from working.
- Vulgarity can be off-putting in a woman. Sometimes it’s what attracts you, so go figure it out.
- Mathematics is what the Russians teach the Chinese in American universities.
- Only contradiction stimulates the development of science. It needs to be emphasized, not glossed over.
- A suit disciplines a man and organizes him internally. Once upon a time, BBC radio announcers read the news in tuxedos and evening dresses, although listeners could not see them.
- Culture must be inculcated! Even by force... Otherwise, we will all collapse.
- If instead of the billions spent on the armed forces there were millions on education and health care, then there would be no place for terrorism.
- Nowhere have I seen more hunted men than in America. They are in a terrible state, aggressive feminism is finishing them off.
- Women used to dress more boringly. Now there is a colossal range: from monstrous bad taste to very decently dressed people. But for some reason you notice the latter much less often than before.
- 50 years ago there were as many bicycles on Rublyovka as there are now cars.
- The main miracle is that we live.
- What will remain after the current generation? Will their text messages be published for the edification of their descendants?
- History has long been an “adjective” science - it was “applied” to the point of view of this or that ruler.
- Before you act, you need to understand.
- If you subordinate everything to money, then everything will remain money; it will not turn into either a masterpiece or a discovery.
- Could we really win the war with television like this?
- A modern experimental physicist needs about a million a year - for instruments, for the entire infrastructure that supports his research. Yes, this is an expensive pleasure, but a boutique on Gorky Street costs more.
- I am a Russian Orthodox atheist.
- Moscow, despite many things that irritate me, is still my city. You need to be able to filter it all out. Every person should have filters against spam.
- Do you know what the main discrepancy with the church is? I say that the man of God invented it, and they say that it’s the other way around.
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"Partner" No. 1 (232) 2021
Peter Kapitsa, maxims, aphorisms, sayings
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (1894-1984) - a prominent scientist and organizer of Soviet science, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1978) for the discovery of the phenomenon of superfluidity, a talented student of E. Rutherford.
One of P.L. Kapitsa’s favorite books is “Maxims” by F. La Rochefoucauld. Brief and precise statements by the classics of this genre are often found in his reports and conversations. Kapitsa believed that humor helps in scientific work: “We somehow don’t know how to do the most serious things and at the same time laugh and joke. But it enlivens life so much and helps!” And Pyotr Leonidovich was a very brave man. “I am only afraid of tickling,” he wrote to his wife. Here are some statements by Pyotr Kapitsa.
The media are no less dangerous than means of mass destruction.
Everything simple is true... Simplicity is the greatest wisdom.
Collective creativity is nonsense, but creativity in a team is the only type of real and fruitful creativity.
Leading means not stopping good people from working.
Our science will never become leading until we ourselves learn to value our scientists.
Squabbles in an institution develop only when people are not sufficiently busy with their work.
A person is young when he is not yet afraid to do stupid things.
Don't ask me for permission to think - this is your profession.
The entire history of mankind consists of mistakes, and, despite this, every government considers itself sinless. This is the law of nature, and it must be obeyed.
We must learn from life, and not impose fictitious forms on it.
Life is guided not by logic, but by emotions.
By classifying science, we exclude from it the main element that guides and improves its health - scientific public opinion.
In modern conditions, the director of scientific work is like a director; he creates a performance, although he does not appear on stage himself.
Experience is the only proof that is convincing to everyone and to the end.
Freedom of creativity - freedom to make mistakes. Errors are not pseudoscience. Pseudoscience is the failure to admit mistakes. This is the only reason why it is an obstacle to healthy scientific development.
Nothing is more instructive than the fallacy of a genius.
Only the cook adds salt by eye, and physicists must calculate everything.
Everyone talks about the shortcomings. There are always disadvantages. We need to talk about how to eliminate these shortcomings.
The ability to restrict freedom in a country is a matter of good government manners.
Planfulness is a limitation of personal initiative.
True patriotism is not praising one’s homeland, but working for its benefit and correcting mistakes.
I have a rule in life: I never trust a person who has lied even once.
When it is impossible to speak out in newspapers, public opinion is expressed in jokes
You can learn to be happy in any circumstances. The only unhappy person is the one who makes a deal with his conscience
Time creates man, not man creates time
Difference of opinion is one of the most powerful motivators. This is the force that moves culture, art and science forward. Life would be unbearably boring if everyone thought the same
Mikhail Karelin was engaged in the search for aphorisms in the speeches and conversations of P.L. Kapitsa
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