Richard P. Feynman in a letter to N. David Mermin, related to his AJP paper Bringing home the atomic world: Quantum mysteries for anybody, American Journal of Physics, Volume 49, Issue 10, pp. 940-943 (1981), as quoted in Michelle Feynman (2005), Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track page: 367, publisher: Basic Books, ISBN: 0-7382-0636-9
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One of the most beautiful papers in physics that I know of is yours in the American Journal of Physics.
— Richard P. Feynman
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "One of the most beautiful papers in physics that I know of is yours in the American Journal of Physics." in the context of "Richard P. Feynman in a letter to N. David Mermin, related to his AJP paper Bringing home the atomic world: Quantum mysteries for anybody, American Journal of Physics, Volume 49, Issue 10, pp. 940-943 (1981), as quoted in Michelle Feynman (2005), Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track page: 367, publisher: Basic Books, ISBN: 0-7382-0636-9" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About David Mermin
N. David Mermin (born March 30, 1935, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus at Cornell University
About David Mermin
N. David Mermin (born March 30, 1935, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus at Cornell University
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