"It has been said, and wisely said, that every successful physical theory swallows its predecessors whole."
— Theory

January 1, 1970

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Sidney Coleman, Quantum Mechanics in Your Face (1994) - YouTube, a lecture given by Sidney Coleman at the New England sectional meeting of the American Physical Society (Apr. 9, 1994), YouTube, 1 January 2015, quote at 35:52 of 1:07:59