I think a lot people had this idea that science advances through eureka moments and it's true to some extent. But my experience has been that it's a lot of really hard work, where finally you have figured out what's going on and you can then move on to the next stage.

— William Daniel Phillips, Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe (2002)

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djBleF7-tDE

From a March 2002 talk posted on YouTube.

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