"Until now, physical theories have been regarded as……" — Paul Davies
"Until now, physical theories have been regarded as merely models with approximately describe the reality of nature. As the models improve, so the fit between theory and reality gets closer. Some physicists are now claiming that supergravity is the reality, that the model and the real world are in mathematically perfect accord."
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96 Quotes by Paul Davies
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