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Bernd T. Matthias
(8 Jun 1918 - 27 Oct 1980)
German-American physicist who was a researcher in superconductivity, and discovered nearly 1,000 superconducting materials.
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Science Quotes by Bernd T. Matthias (1 quote)
If you see a formula in the Physical Review that extends over a quarter of a page, forget it. It’s wrong. Nature isn’t that complicated.
— Bernd T. Matthias
As quoted, without citation in Alan Lindsay Mackay, A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1991), 166. Need a primary source - can you help?
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- 8 Jun - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Matthias's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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