The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction. (Sidney Coleman)

The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction.

Sidney Coleman

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