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“[Examiners] spend their lives in discovering which pages of a text-book a man ought to read and which will not be likely to 'pay'.”

Quote by Peter Tait

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Peter Tait was a Scottish physicist known for his contributions to electromagnetism and his work on the nature of light. He is credited with coining the term 'photon' and made significant advancements in the understanding of light's dual nature as both a wave and a particle. more

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