Physics as a Way of Thinking (1936)

Anybody think physics is starting to plateau? We had huge advances in the 20th century, I think driven in part by it's virtuous symbiosis with technology. The bleeding edge is however becoming ever more specialised and obscure and the experimental equipment necessary to generate new proofs is becoming increasingly expensive and cumbersome. Quantum Mechanics provides a wonderful set of tools for so many natural phenomena beyond mere subatomic particles. But - it's so far removed from the everyday now. What next for popular science?

Since the childhood, I always thought Physics to be the way of life. Everything that I saw has it roots in Physics - Lamp on my table, speeding car, floating paper boats, rainbow, gravity causing objects to fall.<p>The love of Physics combined with Mathematics led me to take up Engineering.