The greatest pleasure in science comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way.
Intellectual impresario John Brockman, in the introduction to This Explains Everything – the latest Edge question, in which 192 thinkers each select the most elegant scientific explanation of how the world works. (via explore-blog)
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