Frederick Reines famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Among my activities was membership in the Boy Scouts; I rose each year through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of Eagle Scout and undertaking leadership roles in the organization.
-- Frederick Reines

#Leadership #Boys #Eagles
I received my undergraduate degree in engineering in 1939 and a Master of Science degree in mathematical physics in 1941 at Steven Institute of Technology.
-- Frederick Reines

#Graduation #Technology #Engineering
My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand.
-- Frederick Reines

#Country #Memories #4th Of July
However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.
-- Frederick Reines

#School #Technology #Encounters
In 1956 we observed the electron antineutrino.
-- Frederick Reines

#Electrons
I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino.
-- Frederick Reines

#Rivers #Savannah #Firsts
During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.
-- Frederick Reines

#Years #Manhattan #Research
I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted.
-- Frederick Reines

#Teacher #Keys #Interest
In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva.
-- Frederick Reines

#Atoms #Conferences #Geneva
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers.
-- Frederick Reines

#Brother #Educational #Book

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