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Burton Richter
American
Scientist
Born:
Mar 22
,
1931
Big
Director
First
Future
Power
Way
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Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.
Burton Richter
Science
Innovation
Old
Long
Facilities
Renewal
Exist
Laboratory
Modern
Frontiers
Modern Science
Required
Keep
Based
Program
Is the sky falling? No. It's maybe drooping a bit.
Burton Richter
Sky
Bit
Falling
Maybe
For nuclear power to have a future, we'll either need more Yucca Mountains or a way to decrease the stuff we put there.
Burton Richter
Future
Power
Mountains
Way
More
Put
Stuff
Either
Decrease
Nuclear
Nuclear Power
Need
While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.
Burton Richter
Best
Director
Job
Important
Community
Broader
Out
More
He
Ideas
Important Job
Scientific
Lab
Get
Done
Regards
While
Things
Bringing
In 1960, I married Laurose Becker. We have two children: Elizabeth, born in 1961, and Matthew, born in 1963.
Burton Richter
Married
Born
Matthew
Children
Elizabeth
Two
During my years at the synchrotron laboratory, I had become interested in the theory of quantum electrodynamics and had decided that what I would most like to do after completing my dissertation work was to probe the short-distance behavior of the electromagnetic interaction.
Burton Richter
Work
Behavior
Become
Dissertation
Completing
Would
Had
Like
Most
Quantum
Years
Laboratory
Probe
Interaction
After
Decided
Interested
Theory
Electromagnetic
Total failure isn't something I want to spend a lot of time envisioning. I'm pretty sure I'll recognize it if it comes.
Burton Richter
Time
Failure
Spend
Recognize
Total
Pretty
Something
Sure
Lot
Want
Theorists can create all sorts of theories which go beyond the Standard Model. But there's not one bit of experimental evidence to point out which way you should go.
Burton Richter
You
Way
Bit
Evidence
Out
Point
Beyond
Sort
Go
Model
Experimental
Which
Create
Should
Standard
Theories
The reason why Three Mile Island makes such a big impact is because of a Jane Fonda movie called 'The China Syndrome.'
Burton Richter
Three
Big
Syndrome
Impact
Fonda
Because
Island
Makes
Big Impact
Movie
Jane
China
Jane Fonda
Mile
Reason
Why
Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.
Burton Richter
Space
Group
About
Join
Countries
Like
Know
Iran
Want
Wants
Biggest
Biggest Things
Things
As accelerators reach higher and higher energies, we may need a new Standard Model, or, at least, today's may need to be modified, but that's the way science operates.
Burton Richter
Today
Science
Way
Higher
New
Reach
Least
Model
May
Energies
Modified
Standard
Need
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