Basic research Quote by Glenn T. Seaborg

I got into nuclear science when I was about 10 years old I was fascinated by the stuff. I was fascinated by the reactions…

— Taylor Wilson

Whatever has been discovered has to be put to use - otherwise, what is the use of the discovery?

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“Physicists had only recently discovered radioactivity,”

— Jerome Pohlen

“I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the…

— Harold Urey

I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the…

— Harold Urey

“Radioactive elements in chemistry can be compared to magical knights of old, wielding powerful transformations to release energy, essential in technologies from nuclear power…

— Sybrina Durant

The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most…

— Ernest Lawrence

Scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for…

— Marie Curie

When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects…

— Marie Curie

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Isotopes of radium, the first nuclear radiation sources to be commercially exploited, are probably the worst examples out of thousands of radioactive isotopes.”

— James Mahaffey

When radium was discovered, no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is…

— Marie Curie