The epigraphs in *GR*

[Basileios Drolias]

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> Good enough for me; thanks Basil.
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> I believe I've read somewhere that the quote from Blackett is authentic.
> Could well be from Blackett's ominously titled 1948 *Fear, War and the
> Bomb*.
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>
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00016/bibs/9001002/90010136.ht
> m
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> The bio from the Nobel site would seem to confirm the sentiment, and is
at:
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> http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1948/blackett-bio.html

as i used to work in a building which was called 'the blackett lab' i had
looked into this alot, but hadnt managed to find the original quote. Indeed
the quote is in the principle and thinking of blackett so i am not surprised
in reading it but still it would have been nice finding it...

Actually, blackett is somehow a 'role model' in gravitys rainbow, even
though he appears only once. Roger Mexicos thinking is based on blackett
thinking.