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" In talking about the impact of ideas in one field on ideas in another field, one is always apt to make a fool of oneself. "

Richard P. Feynman

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" It always seems odd to me that the fundamental laws of physics, when discovered, can appear in so many different forms that are not apparently identical at first, but, with a little mathematical fiddling, you can show the relationship. "

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" First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense. "

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" Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena with the geometry of space; this was an exciting idea. "

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" I don't understand what it's all about or what's worth what, but if the people in the Swedish Academy decide that x, y or z wins the Nobel Prize, then so be it. "

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