Really? Such as when Mary-Beth Ruskai had to talk to the quantum chemists to solve inequalities foundational to quantum information today, or when Longuet-Higgins discovered the importance of geometric phase in quantum mechanics? Or when Alden Mead argued the Planck length[0] was on the atomic scale?<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ctpweb.lns.mit.edu&#x2F;physics_today&#x2F;phystoday&#x2F;Alden-Repsonse323.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ctpweb.lns.mit.edu&#x2F;physics_today&#x2F;phystoday&#x2F;Alden-Reps...</a>