Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light
It did not last: the Devil howling "Ho!
Let Einstein be" restored the status quo
The first two lines are by Alexander Pope (I wanted to type Pope Alexander, but was afraid people wouldn't get the joke and just think I was stupid), the latter two by J.C.Squire.
I'd already seen them before, in one my dad's quote books, I think, but I found them again while studying for my Astrophysics mid-term (who says Physics can't be fun?) and thought I'd post them here
10.12.2005
A few lines
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