Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don’t really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is. There are better ways to spend the money. Ivar Giaever Read Quote
Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world. Ivar Giaever Read Quote
If you’re a physicist, for heaven’s sake, and here is the experiment, and you have a theory, and the theory doesn’t agree with the experiment, then you have to cut out the theory. You were wrong with the theory. Ivar Giaever Read Quote
There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize – have a good idea and pursue it effectively. Ivar Giaever Read Quote
When I was 28 years old, I found myself in Schenectady, New York, where I discovered that it was possible for some people to make a good living as physicists. Ivar Giaever Read Quote
