Enrico Fermi Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Enrico Fermi:

There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
~Enrico Fermi


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#46056598

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
~Enrico Fermi


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#a16268df

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
~Enrico Fermi


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#94245bfa

Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
~Enrico Fermi


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#796b5898

The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.
~Enrico Fermi


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#89bcf70d

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
~Enrico Fermi


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#5af91fe0

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.
~Enrico Fermi


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/enrico-fermi-quotes/#d83da5b6

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