I don't really know what the future of science is. Maybe we have come to the end of science; maybe science is a finite field. The inventions resulting from this finite field, however, are boundless. Ivar Giaever boundlessendfield Change image and share on social
Global warming has become a new religion. We frequently hear about the number of scientists who support it. But the number is not important: only whether they are correct is important. We don't really know what the actual effect on the global temperature is. There are better ways to spend the money. Ivar Giaever actualcorrecteffect share on social
While classical mechanics correctly predicts the behavior of large objects such as tennis balls, to predict the behavior of small objects such as electrons, we must use quantum mechanics. Ivar Giaever ballbehaviorclassical Change image and share on social
When I was 28 years old, I found myself in Schenectady, New York, where I discovered that it was possible for some people to make a good living as physicists. Ivar Giaever discoverfindgood Change image and share on social
I would say that, basically, global warming is a non-problem. Ivar Giaever basicallyglobalproblem Change image and share on social
'Incontrovertible' is not a scientific word. Nothing is incontrovertible in science. Ivar Giaever incontrovertiblesciencescientific Change image and share on social
Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world. Ivar Giaever goodobjectiveprimary Change image and share on social
If you're a physicist, for heaven's sake, and here is the experiment, and you have a theory, and the theory doesn't agree with the experiment, then you have to cut out the theory. You were wrong with the theory. Ivar Giaever agreecutexperiment share on social
You need to be curious, competitive, creative, stubborn, self-confident, skeptical, patient and be lucky to win a Nobel. Ivar Giaever competitiveconfidentcreative Change image and share on social
If you want to help Africa, you should help them out of poverty, not try to build solar cells and windmills. Ivar Giaever africabuildcell Change image and share on social