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One could perhaps describe the situation by saying that God is a mathematician of a very high order, and He used very advanced mathematics in constructing the universe.

— Paul Dirac The Evolution of the Physicist's Picture of Nature (1963)

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It seems clear that the present quantum mechanics is not in its final form.

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

The scientific work of Georges Lemaître (1968)

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in the case of poetry, it's the exact opposite!

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns : A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists (1958)

God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world.

The Cosmic Code : Quantum Physics As The Language Of Nature (1982)

If a picture exists, so much the better; but whether a picture exists or not is a matter of only secondary importance.

The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (1958)

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Morris West The Clowns of God (1981)

God seeks comrades and claims love,
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Rabindranath Tagore Fireflies (1928)

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