When I moved to Stanford I began to pursue the line of research I have been following ever since, namely trying to understand the larger implications of fractional quantum hall discovery.
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his orig… - Robert B. Laughlin
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his orig…
- Robert B. Laughlin
It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they w… - Robert B. Laughlin
It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they w…
The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether. - Robert B. Laughlin
The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether.
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble b… - Robert B. Laughlin
To this day I always insist on working out a problem from the beginning without reading up on it first, a habit that sometimes gets me into trouble b…
A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money. - Robert B. Laughlin
A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money.
I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy. - Robert B. Laughlin
I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which … - Robert B. Laughlin
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which …
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these de… - Robert B. Laughlin
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these de…
The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out … - Robert B. Laughlin
The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out …
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