Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.
Kenneth G. WilsonScientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.
Kenneth G. WilsonThe Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees.
Kenneth G. WilsonWhen I entered graduate school I had carried out the instructions given to me by my father and had knocked on both Murray Gell-Mann's and Feynman's doors and asked them what they were currently doing. Murray wrote down the partition function for the three-dimensional Ising model and said it would be nice if I could solve it (at least that is how I remember the conversation). Feynman's answer was 'nothing'.
Kenneth G. Wilson