Carlo Rubbia

Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.

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.

In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.