John GribbinIf the business of physics is ever finished, the world will be a much less interesting place in which to live .. .
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Sir Isaac Newton said, “If the business of physics is ever finished, the world will be a much less interesting place in which to live.” Sir Isaac Newton was a great physicist and mathematician as well as a member of the Royal Society. He is known as the scientist who discovered gravity and was also one of the founders of modern calculus. Sir Isaac Newton died at the age of 88 on April 20, 1727.
Source: In Search Of SchraDingers Cat: Quantum Physics And Reality
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