Much of the joy of science is the joy of solid work done by skilled workmen. Many of us are happy to spend our lives in collaborative efforts where to be reliable is more important than to be original. There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.

Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) English-American theoretical physicist, mathematician, futurist

Disturbing the Universe, ch. 1 (1979)
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