“The worth of a new idea is invariably determined, not by the degree of its intuitiveness-which incidentally, is to a major extent a matter of experience and habit-but by the scope and accuracy of the individual laws to the discovery of which it eventually leads.” IdeasMatterLawScienceIndividualHabitDegreesMajorsDiscoveryExperienceDeterminedNew IdeasScopeAccuracy Book:Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers Source: Scientific Autobiography: and Other Papers
“Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.” PoliticalSufferingOpportunityMajorsDiscoveryProfoundPhysicsMoodParticlesSpectacularParticle Physics Author:Leon M. Lederman
“When I started writing seriously, I made the major discovery of my life - that I am right and everybody else is wrong if they disagree with me. What a great thing to learn: Don't listen to anyone else, and always go your own way.” IfsWayWritingMadeMajorsDiscoveryGreat ThingsDisagree Author:Ray Bradbury
“Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program, and the element americium is critical to the smoke detectors in every house in the country.” Has BeensCountryUseTodayHouseEnergySpaceSourceElementsMajorsResearchDiscoveryProgramMedicineCriticalNuclearSmokeEnergy SourcesSpace ProgramPlutoniumBasic ResearchIsotopes Author:Glenn T. Seaborg
“It was a dogma throughout most of the 20th century that quantum science only applied to subatomic matter, and we now know that not to be true. One of the major discoveries was Quantum Holography.” KnowsMatterCenturyMajorsDiscoveryBeing TrueDogmaQuantum20th CenturyTrue Ones Author:Edgar Mitchell
“There would be more genuine rejoicing at the discovery of a complete new novel by Jane Austen than any other literary discovery, short of a new major play by Shakespeare.” PlayWould BeNovelMajorsDiscoveryGenuineRejoiceJaneAusten Author:Margaret Drabble