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Comment author: [deleted] 01 March 2014 03:50:53PM 1 point [-]

In some sense I think modern physics even dropped the goal of understanding. It got replaced by the mantra of "Shut up and calculate."

You might enjoy the book How the Hippies Saved Physics by David Kaiser, if you haven't already read it.

Comment author: ChristianKl 01 March 2014 08:58:52PM 0 points [-]

Thanks, I will put it on my reading list.