"The mathematics clearly called for a set of……" — Murray Gell-Mann

"The mathematics clearly called for a set of underlying elementary objects-at that time we needed three types of them-elementary objects that could be combined three at a time in different ways to make all the heavy particles we knew. ... I needed a name for them and called them quarks, after the taunting cry of the gulls, "Three quarks for Muster mark," from Finnegan's Wake by the Irish writer James Joyce."

Murray Gell-Mann

41 Quotes by Murray Gell-Mann

Murray Gell-Mann has 41 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 41 quotes by Murray Gell-Mann »

More All Quotes

This quote is filed under All Quotes, one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

See all 128,558 All Quotes »