There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.

Luis Walter Alvarez

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Topic

Physics

Speaker

Luis Walter Alvarez

Source

The Politics of Pure Science

Genre

Scientific literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Physicist Scientist

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Alvarez, Luis Walter. Quoted in The Politics of Pure Science, written by Daniel S. Greenberg. New American Library, 1967.

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