In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it’s only a short time for implementing a new energy policy. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
In Italy there’s perhaps a little less space than in Spain, but there’s certainly as much sunshine. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
I’m stubborn; I know what I want. I’ll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues. Carlo Rubbia Read Quote
