This is arguably NOT true since physics in the 20th century has been extremely rigid and unbending.
Yeah, but physicists have had plenty to do other than enforce doctrine. We were busy discovering and elaborating on relativity, quantum mechanics and its implications such as superconductivity and nonlinear optics; phase transitions, fluid dynamics, chaos...
Depends on what is meant by ‘Major Shakeup’, doesn’t it? I think it encompasses any significant advance that lets people move on to new subjects. It doesn’t mean that the old stuff needs to become false, just that the topic has shifted.
Yeah, but physicists have had plenty to do other than enforce doctrine. We were busy discovering and elaborating on relativity, quantum mechanics and its implications such as superconductivity and nonlinear optics; phase transitions, fluid dynamics, chaos...
Depends on what is meant by ‘Major Shakeup’, doesn’t it? I think it encompasses any significant advance that lets people move on to new subjects. It doesn’t mean that the old stuff needs to become false, just that the topic has shifted.