We hope to explain the entire universe in a single, simple formula that you can wear on your T-shirt. Leon M. Lederman More Quotes by Leon M. Lederman More Quotes From Leon M. Lederman When I talk about the pain and hardship of a scientist's life, I'm speaking of more than existential angst. Galileo's work was condemned by the Church; Madame Curie paid with her life, a victim of leukemia wrought by radiation poisoning. Too many of us develop cataracts. None of us gets enough sleep. Most of what we know about the universe we know thanks to a lot of guys (and ladies) who stayed up late at night. Leon M. Lederman pain sleep night The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that philosophy went downhill after Democritus and did not recover until the Renaissance. Leon M. Lederman renaissance philosopher philosophy Theorists tend to peak at an early age; the creative juices tend to gush very early and start drying up past the age of fifteen-or so it seems. They need to know just enough; when they're young they haven't accumulated the intellectual baggage. Leon M. Lederman science past knowledge Democritus's work on the void was revolutionary. Leon M. Lederman void revolutionary Experimenters don’t come in late—they never went home. Leon M. Lederman late home Neutrinos ... win the minimalist contest: zero charge, zero radius, and very possibly zero mass. Leon M. Lederman minimalist zero winning A theoretical physicist can spend his entire lifetime missing the intellectual challenge of experimental work, experiencing none of the thrills and dangers - the overhead crane with its ten-ton load, the flashing skull and crossbones and danger, radioactivity signs. A theorist's only real hazard is stabbing himself with a pencil while attacking a bug that crawls out of his calculations. Leon M. Lederman skulls real science
