Quote #204
From a long view of the history of mankind - seen from, say, ten thousand
years from now, there can be little doubt that the most significant event of
the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of
electrodynamics. The American Civil War will pale into provincial
insignificance in comparison with this important scientific event of the
same decade.
-- R. P. Feynman, Lectures on Physics, Vol. II, Addison-Wesley, 1964, page
1-11.
From a long view of the history of mankind - seen from, say, ten thousand
years from now, there can be little doubt that the most significant event of
the 19th century will be judged as Maxwell's discovery of the laws of
electrodynamics. The American Civil War will pale into provincial
insignificance in comparison with this important scientific event of the
same decade.
-- R. P. Feynman, Lectures on Physics, Vol. II, Addison-Wesley, 1964, page
1-11.
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