Author: Ivar Giaever

Quotes

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

Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.

Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.

- 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

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

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

- Ivar Giaever

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