In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.

May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more

May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. -Patrick Blackett.

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to read more

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the read more

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

That's the nature of researchyou don't know what in hell you're doing. -'Doc' Edgerton.

That's the nature of researchyou don't know what in hell you're doing. -'Doc' Edgerton.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features.

There never was a chip, it is said, that Bill Gates couldn't slow down with a new batch of features.