“ In physics, every equation is a sentence. Mathematics is just a language: a concise way of writing precise statements that comes along with a complicated grammar. So every equation should be translatable into English to produce an idea. So every important equation in physics must have a corresponding important idea. But the translation process Math English is a difficult one. It’s easy to abandon the English version altogether and just “talk in math.” But without the translation, without the idea in words and the accompanying “picture” of what it means, physics is just a game. And it has become clear to me that I don’t want to spend my life playing a game. If physics is going to be fun for me, and I know it can be, I need to talk about the ideas, the grandiose and ludicrous ideas. ”
