My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds. David Gross bolsterchildconfidence Change image and share on social
Some wonder whether some day we will arrive at a theory of everything and run out of new problems to solve - much as the effort to explore the earth ran out of new continents to explore. David Gross arrivecontinentday Change image and share on social
Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition. David Gross 1920sextremelyfound Change image and share on social
I had set out to disprove quantum field theory - and the opposite occurred! I was shocked. David Gross disprovefieldoccur Change image and share on social
Theorists can be wrong; only nature is always right. David Gross naturetheoristwrong Change image and share on social
I was born in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1941, the eldest of four sons. David Gross beareldestfebruary Change image and share on social
Indeed, the most important product of knowledge is ignorance. David Gross ignoranceimportantknowledge Change image and share on social
The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because history is written by the victorious. David Gross bookdepicthistory Change image and share on social
The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children, want to know what we're made out of, how it works, and why the universe is the way it is. David Gross astronomycarechild share on social
Fortunately, nature is as generous with its problems as Nobel with his fortune. The more we know, the more aware we are of what we know not. David Gross awarefortunatelyfortune Change image and share on social