Accelerator Field Quotes by Simon van der Meer

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• I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.
• At this time, my work on the SPS power supplies had just come to an end; I joined a study group on…
• My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.
• My interest in matters more directly concerned with the handling of particles was growing, in the meantime, stimulated by many contacts with…
• After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and…
• Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to…
• Since then, I have worked with the group that commissioned and improved the ring and that is now preparing the construction of…
• Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to…

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