I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. There the snow lay around my doorstep – great heaps of protons quietly precessing in the earth's magnetic field. To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery. . Edward M. Purcell
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Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists in the history of the world, was known for his forward thinking and vanguard views. Though he was a scientist, he believed that scientists should be more concerned with the wonderment of the world around them rather than the advancement of science itself. He often said things like this to make his point. He wanted science to be more about discovery than discovery itself because discovery brings people happiness and joy.

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