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> [The early 1960s, when I started my graduate studies at UC Berkeley, were a period of experimental supremacy and theoretical impotence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/the-early-1960s-when-i-started-my-graduate-studies-at-uc-berkeley/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

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> [When I was at Berkeley, the framework of quantum field theory could calculate the dynamics of electromagnetism. It could roughly describe the motion of the weak nuclear force, radiation. But it hit a brick wall with the strong interaction, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/when-i-was-at-berkeley-the-framework-of-quantum-field-theory-could/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

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## More by David Gross

> [Actually, I was more or less determined to be a theoretical physicist at the age of thirteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/actually-i-was-more-or-less-determined-to-be-a-theoretical-physicist/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/since-the-founding-of-quantum-mechanics-in-the-1920s-theoretical/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [Some wonder whether some day we will arrive at a theory of everything and run out of new problems to solve - much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/some-wonder-whether-some-day-we-will-arrive-at-a-theory-of-everything/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/i-was-born-in-washington-d-c-on-february-19-1941-the-eldest-of-four/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [I strongly believe that the fundamental laws of nature are not emergent phenomena.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/i-strongly-believe-that-the-fundamental-laws-of-nature-are-not/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/the-progress-of-science-is-much-more-muddled-than-is-depicted-in-most/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [Reading history, one rarely gets the feeling of the true nature of scientific development, in which the element of farce is as great as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/reading-history-one-rarely-gets-the-feeling-of-the-true-nature-of/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [In the lab, we could not see or physically describe the mathematical objects that we called quarks, which we suspected were the key to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/in-the-lab-we-could-not-see-or-physically-describe-the-mathematical/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/the-main-reason-why-people-should-care-about-research-in-fundamental/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [Theorists have wonderful ideas which take years and years to be verified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/theorists-have-wonderful-ideas-which-take-years-and-years-to-be/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [“From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/from-the-age-of-13-i-was-attracted-to-physics-and-mathematics-my/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/indeed-the-most-important-product-of-knowledge-is-ignorance/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/from-the-age-of-13-i-was-attracted-to-physics-and-mathematics-my-2/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/my-father-and-mother-treated-us-children-as-intellectual-equals-thus/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

> [My childhood in Arlington, Va., a middle class suburb of Washington, was uneventful. Ours was a very intellectual family, and we were encouraged to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/my-childhood-in-arlington-va-a-middle-class-suburb-of-washington-was/)

[David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/)

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