Werner Heisenberg

“If one asks in what the great achievement of Christopher Columbus when discovering America really consisted, one will have to answer that it was not the idea to make use of the world’s spherical shape to travel to India on the Western route; this idea had already been considered by others. Neither was it the expert preparation of his journey or the professional equipment of the ships – this could also have been done by others. The most difficult aspect of this journey certainly was the decision to leave his well-known land behind and to sail so far to the West that a return would not be possible with the provisions available.”

Néha át kell lépni azon a ponton, ahonnan a visszatérés már nem lehetséges...