From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.

Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.

Politicians - well, first of all, they should get rid of nuclear weapons, I think.

Personally I would like to see that the nuclear age, in terms of power, does come, because there's no long-term future for developing countries without nuclear power.

People either buy nuclear power, nuclear reactors from outside, and don't train their own men, or they just don't go into nuclear power at all, they are so afraid of it.

Mankind spends much more on training pilots of aircraft than it does to train the nuclear reactor operators.