#nuclear

“As astronomer Carl Sagan thought about what Fermi said [ Fermi paradox ], he began to be alarmed. ...This could only mean that advanced civilizations destroy themselves before they get that far, a viewpoint Sagan published in 1966. Stanley A. Rice, Life of Earth : Portrait of a Beautiful, Middle”

“The pursuit of science.”

“He was simply unable to let things be foggy. Since they always are, this kept him pretty active. Robert Oppenheimer”

“Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard , which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration... Albert Einstein , in the famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt which prompted attention to what eventually became the Manhattan Project . (1939”

“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis , then you've made a measurement . If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. As quoted in Nuclear Principles in Engineering (2005) by Tatjana Jevremovic, p. 397”

“If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. As quoted in Hyperspace (1995) by Michio Kaku”

“I hope it won't take long. Comment to Eugene Wigner , ten days before his death from cancer, as quoted in The collected works of Eugene Paul Wigner (1992), p. 108”

“I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence. When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common. As quoted in Physics Today (October 1994), p. 70.”

“Where are They? Maybe we are alone in the galaxy after all”

“Although the problem of transmuting chemical elements into each other is much older than a satisfactory definition of the very concept of chemical element, it is well known that the first and most important step towards its solution was made only nineteen years ago by the late Lord Rutherford, who started the method of the nuclear bombardments. Nobel lecture”