Max Planck in 1918, the year that he won the Nobel Prize for his work in quantum physics
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\u201cAnybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: \u2018Ye must have faith.'\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nMax Planck (d. 1947)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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