Enrico Fermi Quotes

"If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist."

"It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge."

"Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level."

"There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery."

"The intensity of the activation as a function of the distance from the neutron source shows in some cases anomalies apparently dependent on the objects that surround the source."

"A theoretical discussion of the probability of capture of a neutron by a nucleus, under the assumption that the energy of the neutron is small compared with the differences between neighbouring energy levels in the nucleus, leads to the result that the cross-section for the capture process should be inversely proportional to the velocity of the neutron."

"Such a weapon goes far beyond any military objective and enters the range of very great natural catastrophes. By its very nature it cannot be confined to a military objective but becomes a weapon which in practical effect is almost one of genocide. It is clear that the use of such a weapon cannot be justified on any ethical ground which gives a human being a certain individuality and dignity even if he happens to be a resident of an enemy country... The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon makes its very existence and the knowledge of its construction a danger to humanity as a whole. It is necessarily an evil thing considered in any light."

Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com

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