Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.

It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable.

The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding.

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.