Author: Ivar Giaever

Quotes

Science is to find something unknown, while invention is to make something new out of the known theory.

Science is to find something unknown, while invention is to make something new out of the known theory.

- Ivar Giaever

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

- Ivar Giaever

'Incontrovertible' is not a scientific word. Nothing is incontrovertible in science.

'Incontrovertible' is not a scientific word. Nothing is incontrovertible in science.

- Ivar Giaever

When I was 28 years old, I found myself in Schenectady, New York, where I discovered that it was possible for some people to make a good living as physicists.

When I was 28 years old, I found myself in Schenectady, New York, where I discovered that it was possible for some people to make a good living as physicists.

- Ivar Giaever

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