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László Tisza was Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. He was a colleague of famed physicists Edward Teller, Lev Landau and Fritz London, and initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. July 1907 – 15. April 2009
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László Tisza Quotes

“If history has a lesson, it is that the "winner take all" attitude deprives one of the pleasures of being the heir to the best of different traditions, even while avoiding their intolerance against each other.”

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as reported by [Magdolna Hargittai, Candid science IV: conversations with famous physicists, Imperial College Press, 2004, 1860944167, 402]

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