Science is particularly needed to bring the attention of government policy-makers to problems that they don't know about yet. -Burton Richter

 

Science is particularly needed to bring the attention of government policy-makers to problems that they don't know about yet.


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Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood.

Burton Richter

I completed my senior thesis on the quadratic Zeeman effect in hydrogen.

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Science is particularly needed to bring the attention of government policy-makers to problems that they don't know about yet.

Burton Richter

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

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While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.

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