Burton Richter
1931 - 2018
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Biography
Burton Richter was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for his work on the discovery of a new subatomic particle, the J/psi particle. He was born on March 22, 1931, in New York City. Richter made significant contributions to particle physics, particularly in the study of the fundamental interactions between elementary particles. He was also a pioneering figure in the development of high-energy particle colliders.
Famous Quotes (5)
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Experimenting is the life of science.
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The only way to learn physics is to do physics.
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Great discoveries are not made by 'what we know' but by 'what we don't know'.
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It is the interaction that gives the real excitement in science.
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There are no such things as dumb questions - only dumb answers.