[Stolen off
cantabrigiensis]
Dr TD Wilkinson
Part IA, Electromagnetics -- undoubtably the best source of quotes ever...
"If you try and juggle the variables, you end up with balls all over the floor. But if you hold on to a couple of your balls ... this metaphor has gone horribly wrong"
On Ampère: "He's a happy old sod, isn't he ... He's got a stamp, an equation, and a unit, so he's pretty much top 10 I'm afraid, even though he's French..."