samedi 29 mars 2008

Disturbing the Universe


"Oppenheimer had a genuine and lifelong passion for physics. He wanted always to keep struggling to understand the basic mysteries of nature. I dissapointed him by not becoming a deep thinker. ------ I was, and have always remained, a problem solver rather than a creator of ideas. I cannot, as Bohr and Feynman did, sit for years with my whole mind concentrated upon one deep question. I am interested in too many different things. When I came to Oppenheimer asking for guidance, he said, 'Follow your own destiny.' I did so, and the results did not altogether please him."

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