Nicolaas Bloembergen Professions : Physicist Born : March 11, 1920 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Nicolaas Bloembergen Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility. Nicolaas Bloembergen responsibility As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial and potentially harmful ends. Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility. We reject the notion advocated in some quarters that man should stop eating from the tree of knowledge, as if that were humanly possible. Nicolaas Bloembergen responsibility science knowledge I am ever more intrigued by the correspondence between mathematics and physical facts. The adaptability of mathematics to the description of physical phenomena is uncanny. Nicolaas Bloembergen mathematics science facts After the German occupation of Holland in May 1940, the last two dark years of the war I spent hiding indoors from the Nazis, eating tulip bulbs to fill the stomach and reading Kramers' book "Quantum Theorie des Elektrons und der Strahlung" by the light of a storm lamp. Nicolaas Bloembergen reading war book Similar Authors Gabriel Lippmann physicist Burton Richter physicist Bruno Rossi physicist Bruce Maccabee physicist Brian Cox physicist Allan McLeod Cormack physicist All Authors
