My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer, and one time Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
My grandfather on my mother's side was a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; my other grandfather was a lawyer,… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
Through this additional support, we must renew our commitment to provide talented young people with the opportunity to build scientific careers based on their… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
In consequence, science is more important than ever for industrial technology. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
The hardest problems of pure and applied science can only be solved by the open collaboration of the world-wide scientific community. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
My graduate studies were carried out at the California Institute of Technology. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is… — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature. — Kenneth G. Wilson Copy Share Image
