Dirac politely refused Robert's [Robert Oppenheimer] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought." — Luis Walter Alvarez Copy Share Image
“His goal was to be vigilant against " the bozo explosion" that leads to a company's being larded with second rate talent:… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Trinity’s witnesses responded just as those to Apollo 11 would, as J. Robert Oppenheimer remembered: "We knew the world would not be… — Craig Nelson Copy Share Image
“If you [Robert Oppenheimer] intend to mount heavy mathematical artillery again during your coming year in Europe, I would ask you not… — Paul Ehrenfest Copy Share Image
The great Jewish scientists and philosophers of the last few generations - Spinoza, Einstein, Freud, Robert Oppenheimer and others - were natives… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
“The Nobel Peace Prize to end all peace prizes should have been given to Robert Oppenheimer and his fellow architects of the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are… — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it’s where their work comes… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I do not see how a man can work on the frontiers of physics and write poetry at the same time. They… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about the time when science became modern, around the 1950s. Right after physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, science started… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Winterson didn't want her body resurrected because she had never, ever loved it, not even for a single minute of a… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image