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The basic viewpoint taken here is that physical theory must explain not only what happens in carefully controlled laboratory experiments, but also the commonplace features of life around us, for which we have a huge amount of evidence in our daily lives.

George F. R. Ellis

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Werner Heisenberg

George F. R. Ellis

George F. R. Ellis
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Born: August 11, 1939 (age 85)
Bio: George Francis Rayner Ellis is the Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Known for:
  1. Modern practical joinery (1987)
  2. Flat and curved space-times
  3. The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness
  4. Observers in Control Systems

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