Physicists' models are like maps: never final, never complete until they grow as large and complex as the reality they represent.


Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, Epilogue (p. 436), Pantheon Books. 1992


Physicists' models are like maps: never final, never complete until they grow as large and complex as the reality they represent.

Physicists' models are like maps: never final, never complete until they grow as large and complex as the reality they represent.

Physicists' models are like maps: never final, never complete until they grow as large and complex as the reality they represent.

Physicists' models are like maps: never final, never complete until they grow as large and complex as the reality they represent.