Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.
ProfessionTheoretical Physicist; University Professor; Geheimrat
AwardsNobel Prize In Physics; Adlerschild Des Deutschen Reiches; Max Planck Medal; Goethe Prize; Pour Le Mérite; Copley Medal; Order Of Merit For Arts And Science
