Emilio, I am getting rusty and old, I cannot follow the highbrow theory developed by Oppenheimer's pupils any more. I went to their seminar and was depressed by my inability to understand them. Only the last sentence cheered me up. It was: 'And this is Fermi's theory of beta decay. -Enrico Fermi

 

Emilio, I am getting rusty and old, I cannot follow the highbrow theory developed by Oppenheimer's pupils any more. I went to their seminar and was depressed by my inability to understand them. Only the last sentence cheered me up. It was: 'And this is Fermi's theory of beta decay.


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It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Enrico Fermi

Emilio, I am getting rusty and old, I cannot follow the highbrow theory developed by Oppenheimer's pupils any more. I went to their seminar and was depressed by my inability to understand them. Only the last sentence cheered me up. It was: 'And this is Fermi's theory of beta decay.

Enrico Fermi

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.

Enrico Fermi