Getting enough energy to satisfy the needs of the developing world without bringing on an eco-disaster is not going to be easy. It will require a mar…

- Burton Richter

I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter.

- Burton Richter

Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.

- Burton Richter

While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broade…

- Burton Richter

In 1948 I entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, undecided between studies of chemistry and physics, but my first year convinced me that …

- Burton Richter

Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood.

- Burton Richter

Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to ke…

- Burton Richter

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with ener…

- Burton Richter