![[Max Planck] was one of the finest people I have ever known... but he really didn't understand physics, [because] during the eclipse of 1919 he stayed up all night to see if it would confirm the bending of light by the gravitational field. If he had really understood [general relativity], he would have gone to bed the way I did](/assets/img/quote-photos/max-planck-was-one-of-the-finest-people-i-have-ever-known-but-he-really-didn.jpg)
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