Richard Feynman

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I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe.

Richard Feynman

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Topic

Man and the universe Nature of man

Speaker

Richard Feynman

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Feynman, Richard. "The Value of Science." 1955, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.

If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the next generations of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words? I believe it is the atomic hypothesis (or the atomic fact, or whatever you wish to call it) that all things are made of atoms-little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart, but repelling upon being squeezed and into one another.

Richard Feynman

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Atomism Physics

Speaker

Richard Feynman

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Feynman, Richard. Lecture at Caltech. c. 1961, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA.