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Burton Richter

(1931–2018) Physicist

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Burton Richter was a physicist.

Quick Facts About Burton Richter

Born: March 22, 1931
Died: July 18, 2018
Profession: Physicist

About Burton Richter

[Wikidata] American physicist... | [Wikipedia] Burton Richter was an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) team led by Samuel Ting for which they won Nobel Prize for Physics in 1976. This discovery was part of the

Quotes by Burton Richter

Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to…

Failure

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Getting enough energy to satisfy the needs of the developing world without bringing on an eco-disaster is not going to be easy.…

Developing

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I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter.

Abraham

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In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me…

Chemistry

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Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.

Frontiers

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Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are…

Frontiers

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Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am…

Devoted

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While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing…

Community

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