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Collection of quotes on notation design & how it affects thought.

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Feynman diagrams

stringertheory opened this issue · comments

Thanks for this amazing repository! One interesting case might be Feynman diagrams like this:

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They've had a huge impact on how physicists think about quantum field theory. For example, see this quote from Frank Wilczek:

...Feynman diagrams remain a treasured asset in physics, because they often provide good approximations to reality.... The calculations that eventually got me a Nobel Prize in 2004 would have been literally unthinkable without Feynman diagrams, as would my calculations that established a route to production and observation of the Higgs particle.

That quote is a massive humblebrag :D