Field Quote by John Cameron

When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my…

— John Cameron

Now in the 21st century, the boundaries separating chemistry, physics, and medicine have become blurred, and as happened during the Renaissance, scientists are following…

— Peter Agre

“this is a serious development for our medical training establishment is that a host of technological enablers will fuel the disruption of specialists by…

— Clayton M. Christensen

Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.

— Martin Rees

Medical physics is an applied area of physics.

— John Cameron

Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It is taking so long, in fact,…

— Eugene Wigner

Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative…

— John Cameron

Although important nuclear physics work was to go on in laboratories such as ours had become - and we had to cut down to…

— John Henry Carver

Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science.

— Bertrand Russell

Research in any domain of science today requires specialized training to build up knowledge and clinical competence. To make major breakthroughs, we need people…

— Priyamvada Natarajan

I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.

— John Cameron

There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958.

— John Cameron