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Knowing how to calculate something is not the same as understanding it. Having a computer to calculate the origin of mass for us may be convincing, but is not satisfying. Fortunately we can understand it too.

Frank Wilczek

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Frank Wilczek
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: May 15
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