Perfectly Reasonable Deviations (from the Beaten Track) Quotes

“They were very upset when I said that the thing of greatest importance to mathematics in Europe was the discovery by Tartaglia that you can solve a cubic equation-which, altho it is very little used, must have been psychologically wonderful because it showed a modern man could do something no ancient Greek could do, and therefore helped in the renaissance which was the freeing of man from the intimidation of the ancients-what they are learning in school is to be intimidated into thinking they have fallen so far below their super ancestors.”
― Richard Feynman, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations (from the Beaten Track): The Letters of Richard P. Feynman

“I am sorry to have to answer your question (as to whether I consider nuclear energy a curse or a salvation of mankind) that I really don’t know. I look to the future neither with hope nor fear but with uncertainty as to what will be.”
― Richard P. Feynman, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman