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Kaius · 3821 days ago · link · · parent · post: What's the single greatest sentence ever written in the English language?
Great post. I read Oppenheimers biography 'American Prometheus' a few years ago and he comes across just as described here, a highly gifted polymath. I can remember during his time in Góttingen he wanted to read some poetry written in Dutch with some other class mates. Apparently he went off by himself and learned the Dutch language in 6 weeks. Great biography and well worth a look.