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> [“The unsolved problems of the physical world now seem even more formidable than those solved in the twentieth century. Though in application it works splendidly, we do not even understand the physical meaning of quantum mechanics, much less how it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/the-unsolved-problems-of-the-physical-world-now-seem-even-more/)

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## More by Gerald Holton

> [The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/the-flight-of-most-members-of-a-profession-to-the-high-empyrean-where/)

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> [In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side-by-side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/in-the-sciences-we-are-now-uniquely-privileged-to-sit-side-by-side/)

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> [“The power of the deductive network produced in physics has been illustrated in a delightful article by Victor F. Weisskopf. He begins by taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/the-power-of-the-deductive-network-produced-in-physics-has-been/)

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> [Persons living in this modern world who do not know the basic facts that determine their very existence, functioning, and surroundings, are living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/persons-living-in-this-modern-world-who-do-not-know-the-basic-facts/)

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> [If the layman cannot participate in decision making, he will have to turn himself over, essentially blind, to a hermetic elite. ... \[The fundamental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/if-the-layman-cannot-participate-in-decision-making-he-will-have-to/)

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> [Even in the best times, managing science has been compared to herding cats; it is not done well, but one is surprised to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/even-in-the-best-times-managing-science-has-been-compared-to-herding/)

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> [To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/to-this-day-we-see-all-around-us-the-promethean-drive-to-omnipotence/)

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> [“The unsolved problems of the physical world now seem even more formidable than those solved in the twentieth century. Though in application it works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-holton/the-unsolved-problems-of-the-physical-world-now-seem-even-more/)

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