All the great revolutions in science start with an unexpected discrepancy that wouldn’t go away.

— Matthew Strassler, Particles faster than light: Revolution or mistake? (2011)

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/particles-faster-than-light-revolution-or-mistake/2011/09/23/gIQArpJzqK_story.html

Quoted in a Washington Post article, 23 September 2011.

Topics: science