"The pioneer feels nature as an enemy, or as a force to be conquered."

"I was never a revolutionary. I just wanted to do something useful."

"The ultimate goal of science is to understand the universe and our place in it."

"The highest court is in the end one's own conscience and conviction—that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist—and before any science there is first of all belief. For me, it is beli…"

"The total number of particles in the universe is so large that it is impossible to count them."