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

I am a particle physicist, which is the nearest branch to nuclear physics. So in that sense I was the sort of right connection with the subject of nuclear energy and so on.

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

I'm afraid there's a big confusion in the world between nuclear power and nuclear arms.

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.

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.

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.