Decided Quote by Vandana Shiva

Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.

— Nathan Myhrvold

I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn't want to do…

— Francis Collins

The more you study quantum mechanics, the more crazy and incomprehensible it becomes. You truly do need a Ph.D. in very high level math…

— Blake Crouch

I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics.…

— Kate McKinnon

I did a PhD in molecular bio-physics.

— Gail Bradbrook

I liked quantum mechanics very much. The subject was hard to understand but easy to apply to a large number of interesting problems.

— Willis Lamb

I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.

— Talulah Riley

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

— Micky Dolenz

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

— James Rothman

I started out in nuclear physics. But after I became more sensitized to the environmental and health implications of the nuclear system - I…

— Vandana Shiva

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual…

— Alastair Reynolds

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

— Geoffrey West