Das Bemühen, das Universum zu verstehen, ist eines der ganz wenigen Dinge, die das menschliche Leben ein wenig über die Stufe einer Farce erheben, und gibt ihm etwas von der Anmut der Tragödie.Steven Weinberg
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The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things which lifts human life a little above the level of farce and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.Steven Weinberg
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"Das Bemühen, das Universum zu verstehen, ist eines der ganz wenigen Dinge, die das menschliche Leben ein wenig über die Stufe einer Farce erheben, und gibt ihm etwas von der Anmut der Tragödie."
— Steven Weinberg
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(1993), Epilogue, p. 155
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Steven Weinberg
1933 – 2021
US-amerikanischer Physiker und Nobelpreisträger
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