Reading history, one rarely gets the feeling of the true nature of scientific development, in which the element of farce is as great as the element of triumph. (David Gross)

Reading history, one rarely gets the feeling of the true nature of scientific development, in which the element of farce is as great as the element of triumph.

David Gross

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