Top 15 Quotes by Ivar Giaever

About Ivar Giaever

These are some quotes by Norwegian author Ivar Giaever Physicist, who was born on April 5, 1929.

If I have learned anything as a scientist, it is that one should not make things complicated when a simple explanation will do.

If I have learned anything as a scientist, it is that one should not make things complicated when a simple explanation will do.

Ivar Giaever

Science is to find something unknown, while invention is to make something new out of the known theory.

Science is to find something unknown, while invention is to make something new out of the known theory.

Ivar Giaever

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

There are just two things you can do to win a Nobel prize - have a good idea and pursue it effectively.

Ivar Giaever

My own beliefs are that the road to a scientific discovery is seldom direct and that it does not necessarily require great expertise. In fact, I am convinced that often a newcomer to a field has a great advantage because he is ignorant and does not know all the complicated reasons why a particular experiment should not be attempted.

Ivar Giaever

There are 15 main theories in physics, and we know all of them. If there weren't a finite number of theories, there would not be a point to physics.

There are 15 main theories in physics, and we know all of them. If there weren't a finite number of theories, there would not be a point to physics.

Ivar Giaever

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