"But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example,……" — Edward Witten
"But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony."
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Edward Witten
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31 Quotes by Edward Witten
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