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Burton Richter Biography

Physicist

Burton Richter is a renowned physicist known for his significant contributions to the field of particle physics. Born on March 22, 1931, he has been honored with numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Energy Issues Environment Source Involved Directors International My Time Sustainability Devoted Laboratory Fractions Greenhouses Greenhouse Gases Energy Sources New Energy

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“While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community.”

Important Ideas Done Jobs Community Directors Regard Labs Important Jobs Bringing Out The Best

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“Getting enough energy to satisfy the needs of the developing world without bringing on an eco-disaster is not going to be easy. It will require a marriage of science and technology with good international policy, something that is always hard to bring off. We need to get it right this time.”

World Needs Hard Enough Energy Easy Technology Policy International Disaster Developing Science And Technology Eco

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“Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.”

Long Moving Modern Program Innovation Renewal Frontiers Facility Laboratory Modern Science Moved On

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“In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that physics was more interesting to me.”

Years Firsts Interesting Technology Study Convinced Physics Chemistry Institute Massachusetts Undecided

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“Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood.”

Sometimes Hard Mistake Understood Starving Stagnation Obsolescence

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“Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.”

Innovation Renewal Frontiers Laboratory Modern Science

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“I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter.”

Children Born New York March Elders Abraham

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Born: March 22, 1931
Known for: Physicist
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