My interest in matters more directly concerned with the handling of particles was growing, in the meantime, stimulated by many contacts with people understanding accelerators.
In dedicating his estate to the honoring of endeavors that benefit mankind, Alfred Nobel expressed a lifelong concern that is even more timely in 1972 than it was in his lifetime.
For people who currently have to burn fossil fuels to produce meager, polluting light, LED lighting is a game changer.
I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid of anything.
You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster.
There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.
I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us.
What we were seeing was a little bit like throwing the apple up in the air and seeing it blast off into space.
The Nobel Prizes are much more than awards to scholars; they are a celebration of civilization, of mankind, and of what makes humans unique - that is their intellect from which springs creativity.
Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can make something true that is not true.
It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.
Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the Sun.
Sure, nobody will make a fortune if we figure out why the Big Bang happened. But just about everyone would like to know.
The limitless content of our universe might be only one instance of a large (and possibly infinite) number of other universes.
The planets and moons of our solar system are blatantly visible because they reflect sunlight. Without the nearby Sun, these planets would be cryptic and dark on the sky.
'E.T.' was far-fetched. 'E.T.' was this wimpy-looking kid that came to Earth to pick some plants, but he came from the Andromeda Galaxy to do that.
Frankly, I'll believe in horoscopes the day I can describe my personality to an astrologer and they tell me what date I was born.
One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.
The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly.
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.
Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.
