In fact the total amount that a physicist knows is very little. He has…

Richard P. Feynman
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In fact the total amount that a physicist knows is very little. He has only to remember the rules to get him from one place to another and he is all right.
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In fact the total amount that a physicist knows is very little. He has only to remember the rules to get him from one place to another and he is all right.

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