Able Quote by Simon van der Meer

My interest in matters more directly concerned with the handling of particles was growing, in the meantime, stimulated by many contacts with people understanding…

— Simon van der Meer

I had imagined doing nuclear physics and cosmic ray work in greater style in peace time. To do modern physics in a small way…

— Werner Heisenberg

When I was going through those very fast changes, I think it was terribly important to me that I was seen to be inventive.…

— David Bowie

I always wanted to be an experimental physicist and was attracted to the idea of using continuing advances in technology to carry out fundamental…

— Barry Barish

Experimental high energy physics research is a group effort. I have been very fortunate to have had outstanding students and colleagues who have made…

— Jerome Isaac Friedman

I had a project for my life which involved 10 years of wandering, then some years of medical studies and, if any time was…

— Che Guevara

I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on.

— Geoffrey West

I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein's work, even when I was a physics major at one of the top universities…

— Srikumar Rao

I was not an especially diligent student but nevertheless obtained a reasonable education in physics.

— Robert Coleman Richardson

I started studying counterpoint and theory with a physicist whose hobby was music.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

The work on satisfactory formulation of technical patents was a true blessing for me. It compelled me to be many-sided in thought, and also…

— Albert Einstein

During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering…

— Martin Ryle