Yukon Territory aurora / © Paul Nicklen
Everyday work at the frontiers of modern physics usually involves complex concepts and extreme conditions. We speak of quantum fields, entanglement, or supersymmetry, and analyse the ridiculously small or conceptualize the incomprehensibly large. Just as Willie Sutton famously explained that he robbed banks because "that's where the money is", so we do these things because "that's where the Unknown is".
from Fantastic Realities, Frank Wilczek (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2004)
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