"Une seule partie de la physique occupe la vie de plusieurs hommes, et les laisse souvent mourir dans l'incertitude."
— Voltaire

January 1, 1970

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A single part of physics occupies the lives of many men, and often leaves them dying in uncertainty. — "A Madame la Marquise du Châtelet, Avant-Propos", Eléments de Philosophie de Newton (1738)