Theorists have wonderful ideas which take years and years to be verified. David Gross ideatheoristverify Change image and share on social
Actually, I was more or less determined to be a theoretical physicist at the age of thirteen. David Gross agedeterminephysicist Change image and share on social
In the lab, we could not see or physically describe the mathematical objects that we called quarks, which we suspected were the key to unlocking the dynamics of the strong force that binds together the clump of protons and neutrons at the center of the atom. David Gross atombindcall share on social
I strongly believe that the fundamental laws of nature are not emergent phenomena. David Gross emergentfundamentallaw Change image and share on social
Quantum field theory was originally developed for the treatment of electrodynamics, immediately after the completion of quantum mechanics and the discovery of the Dirac equation. David Gross completiondevelopdirac Change image and share on social
In order to achieve a true understanding of string theory, some new idea will be required, and most likely, some break with the concepts on which we've traditionally based physical theory. David Gross achievebasebreak Change image and share on social
The Big Bang theory is the idea that if we go back early enough in the history of the universe - and we can do this, of course, by looking at starlight coming to us from billions of years ago - we will see a very hot and dense period where the universe was much smaller, denser, and hotter. David Gross agobackbang share on social
The early 1960s, when I started my graduate studies at UC Berkeley, were a period of experimental supremacy and theoretical impotence. David Gross 1960sberkeleyearly Change image and share on social
The advice I tell students is to think about the big problems. I mean, work on anything you can work on where you can make progress. But always keep in mind the big problems. David Gross advicebigmake Change image and share on social
My childhood in Arlington, Va., a middle class suburb of Washington, was uneventful. Ours was a very intellectual family, and we were encouraged to read at a very early age. David Gross agearlingtonchildhood Change image and share on social