Quotes by Fabiola Gianotti

About Fabiola Gianotti:

Fabiola Gianotti is an Italian particle physicist. Dr Gianotti has been selected by CERN Council as the Organization’s next Director-General. Her mandate will begin on 1 January 2016 and run for a period of five years. She will be the first woman to hold the position of CERN Director-General.
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Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.

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Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to have some fantasy.

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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.

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With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature.

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My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.

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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.

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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.

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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.

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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.

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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.

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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

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We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

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In the big experiments, Atlas and CMS, we have something like 3,000 scientists each, and over 60 nationalities.

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We know there must be new physics. For example, we cannot explain what dark matter is.

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I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN's excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world.

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Diversity is really a richness for mankind.

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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

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The top quark was discovered in 1995, and since then, the Higgs has become our obsession because the standard model was incomplete without it.

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We had to understand things like why the top quark was so heavy and the electron is so light. The Higgs is a big, important step.

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Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.

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Author Bio

  • NameFabiola Gianotti
  • DescriptionItalian particle physicist
  • BornOctober 29, 1960
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionPhysicist
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Grand Officer Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Fundamental Physics Prize