Quotes by Carlo Rubbia

Carlo Rubbia

Italian physicist and inventor

Lived from: 1934 -

Category: Scientists

Born: 31 march 1934

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  • Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice.
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  • As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues.
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  • High-energy collisions have led to the observation of many hundreds of new hadronic particle states. These new particles, which are generally unstable, appear to be just as fundamental as the neutron and the proton.
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  • In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.
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  • In Italy there's perhaps a little less space than in Spain, but there's certainly as much sunshine.
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  • In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified.
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  • Quark-antiquark collisions cannot be realized directly since free quarks are not available. The closest substitute is to use collisions between protons and antiprotons.
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  • Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
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  • We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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  • You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
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What are the most famous quotes from Carlo Rubbia?

The two most famous quotes from Carlo Rubbia are:

  • "Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice."
  • "As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues."

When did Carlo Rubbia live?

Carlo Rubbia is still alive and was born in 1934.