Sidney Coleman Quote

The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction.


Said during one of his lectures at Harvard University

Physics 253: Quantum Field Theory Lectures by Sidney R. Coleman | Harvard University Department of Physics[physics.harvard.edu]


The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction.

The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction.

The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction.

The career of a young theoretical physicist consists of treating the harmonic oscillator in ever-increasing levels of abstraction.