Physicists’ Article of Faith
* This is a work in progress, and as you can see, it’s incomplete. Please send suggestions for improvements to byun...@berkeley.edu
I believe in conservation of energy and momentum, founded on translational symmetry along the four dimensions each, and of angular momentum, born of isotropy of free space, the universe.
I believe in all inertial frames, indistinguishable, equivalence of gravity and acceleration, and locality of nature’s laws.
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I am not sure exactly how much detail (even the little that I know now) to include. I think I want the article of faith to have the following format: (1) statement of fundamental beliefs, (2) a (short) narrative including elements of the beliefs, and (3) a list of less fundamental beliefs.
I have (1) more or less down, but (2) and (3) need far more work.