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NOTABLE SCIENTISTS
A TO Z
OF
P HYSICISTS
D ARRYL J. L EITER , P H .D.
Former Senior Research Associate,
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
with
S HARON L. L EITER , P H .D.
Research Consultant, RAND Corporation,
Washington, D.C., and Santa Monica, California
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A TO Z OF PHYSICISTS
Notable Scientists
Copyright © 2003 by Darryl J. Leiter, Ph.D.
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Leiter, Darryl J.
A to Z of physicists / Darryl J. Leiter with Sharon L. Leiter.
p. cm. — (Notable scientists)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8160-4798-7 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
1. Physicists—Biography—Dictionaries. I. Leiter, Sharon. II. Title.
III. Series.
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If I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the
shoulders of giants.
—Isaac Newton
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and science.
—Albert Einstein
A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a great truth.
—Niels Bohr
If you want to learn about nature, to appreciate nature, it is necessary
to understand the language that she speaks in.
—Richard P. Feynman

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