Reuters quote of the day, December 14

London, Dec 13 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

-- German physicist Max Planck. On December 14, 1900, he published his Quantum Theory that radiant energy comes in small, indivisible packets and is not continuous as previously thought.

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