Being a Physicist by training, my favorite quote in that direction is
by the Physicist & Author C. P. Snow (approximate quote from memory):
"If you cannot explain your physics to a barmaid, you are over
complicating things."
> John Zavacki:
>
> "Russell's
> understanding of the math allowed him to speak sotto voce about an
> extremely complex theory and make it available to the non-physicist."
>
> Rol Fessenden:
>
> "My belief is that someone who can strip away the jargon and technical
> language from a subject, and present it to a non-technical audience and
> have that audience understand the fundamentals is actually at the height
> of their profession.
>
> By the way, Einstein himself wrote a nice little book explaining
> relativity (special and general), and he claimed anyone with high school
> math could read it and understand. My impression is that he did a good
> job, but I may not be the best person to decide."
-- Eric N. Opp MRJ Inc. eopp@mrj.com