Richard Feynman: The Character of Physical Law |
There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there ever was such a time. There might have been a time when only one man did, because he was the only guy who caught on, before he wrote his paper. But after people read the paper a lot of people understood the theory of relativity in some way or other, certainly more than twelve. On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real feeling as to the beauty, the deepest beauty, of nature.
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