Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, "Let Newton be!" and all was light.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton
It did not last; the devil howling
"Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.
-- Sir John Collins Squire
-- A Random Walk in Science compiled by R. L. Weber, edited by E. Mendoza
God said, "Let Newton be!" and all was light.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton
It did not last; the devil howling
"Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.
-- Sir John Collins Squire
-- A Random Walk in Science compiled by R. L. Weber, edited by E. Mendoza
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