Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!


recalled by Carver Mead in Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism (2002), p. xix


Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!

Einstein was a giant. His head was in the clouds, but his feet were on the ground. But those of us who are not that tall have to choose!