What Max Planck thinks about simplicity

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German physicist (1858 to 1947), professor of theoretical physics in Berlin; originated quantum theory and received the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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1. 2 Jun 1920

   Our readingScience will master the quantum dilemma, and what looks unsatisfactory now will prove harmonious and simple

   Their wordsBe that as it may, in any case no doubt can arise that science will master the dilemma, serious as it is, and that which appears today so unsatisfactory will in fact eventually, seen from a higher vantage point, be distinguished by its special harmony and simplicity.

   ↗The Genesis and Present State of Development of the Quantum Theory (Nobel Lecture, 2 June 1920)nobelprize.org 11th of 12 in this piece