Quotes by Physicists

In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Marriage Spring Autumn Think Enough Ourselves Introduced Court Least Were Began Friends Close Engaged Jean Twice Her

In the spring of 1929, I returned to the United States. I was homesick for this country. I had learned in my student days a great deal about the new physics. I wanted to pursue this myself, to explain it, and to foster its cultivation. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Myself Great Physics Great Deal Country Spring States About Pursue Student Had New Days Learned Returned Deal Cultivation Wanted Explain Foster United Homesick United States

The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Truth History Science Example Rich Sets Touch Pursuit Developed New Ideas Another New Truth The History Of Separate Techniques Bringing Two

I was born in New York in 1904. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Born New York New York

My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Teacher Art Marriage Mother Before Born She Baltimore Artist Her

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Never Accepted Dogma Communist Theory

I had had a continuing smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jews Fury About Had Continuing Germany Treatment

I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income. Jack Steinberger

Work Depression Good Family Engineering Good Student Student Supplement Studied Scholarship Chemical Came Were End Times Hard Hard Times Income Necessary

In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington, bound for New York, Christmas 1934. Jack Steinberger

Christmas Find Charities Bound New Were German Offered American York Refugee New York Children Washington Homes Jewish

I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to electromagnetic wave theory in a special course, given for Army personnel at the University of Chicago. Jack Steinberger

Army Few Wave Months Introduction Given Joined Course MIT Chicago Laboratory After Sent Personnel Radiation Theory Special Electromagnetic University

In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools. Jack Steinberger

I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath. Jack Steinberger

Loyalty Year Sign Berkeley Oath Only Partly Because Survived Declined

I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose. Jack Steinberger

Remember Election Face Hateful Posters Crooked Propaganda Nose Showing Jewish

I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors. Jack Steinberger

Students Feel Fellow Learned Fellow Students Much Professors

The long-lived K meson was discovered at Brookhaven. James Cronin

Discovered

My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University. James Cronin

Class Mother Father Met Watson Had Greek Northwestern Dorothy University

While at Chicago my interest in the new field of particle physics was stimulated by a course given by Gell- Mann, who was developing his ideas about Strangeness at the time. James Cronin

Time Physics Field About Given Developing New Particle Ideas Course Stimulated His Chicago While Interest Strangeness Who

When the violation of parity was discovered I began a series of electronic experiments to investigate parity violation in hyperon decays. James Cronin

Parity Investigate Discovered Began Decay Experiments Electronic Series Violation

Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer. James Cronin

Christmas Family Our Summer Chicago Aspen Whole

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country. James Cronin

Learning Culture Country Research Addition French Another Enjoyed Assimilating

I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool. James Cronin

Research Tool Development Involved Practical Spark Much Chamber

I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison. James Cronin

Physics Direction Allison Did Experimental Samuel Thesis Nuclear Nuclear Physics

To travel hopefully is better than to arrive. James Jeans

Travel Better Hopefully Arrive Than