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I'm stubborn; I know what I want. I'll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Achieving Dedicate Efforts Know Stubborn Want

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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Aware Date Economic Economic Policy Energy Energy Policy Energy Sources Fossil Fuel Get Implementing Long Long Time New Only Policy Rewards Seem Short Short Time Sources Time Years

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A distinction between renewable and not renewable energy is academic.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Academic Between Distinction Energy Renewable Renewable Energy

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In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Big Carefully Contributions Ideas Individual Must Original Original Ideas Preserved Role Science Scientist

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In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Continue Modified Must Nuclear Nuclear Power Order Power Profoundly

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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Born Company Electrical Elementary Elementary School Engineer Father Italy Local March Mother School School Teacher Small Small Town Teacher Telephone Town I Was Born

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Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: About After Columbia Columbia University Degree Experience Half Half Years Myself Particle Soon Spent States United United States University Years

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Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Around Attracted Back Effort Europe European Field First First Time Founded Idea Joint Moved Newly Nuclear Organization Practice Pure Research Science Time Tried Where

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Quark-antiquark collisions cannot be realized directly since free quarks are not available. The closest substitute is to use collisions between protons and antiprotons.

~Carlo Rubbia

Topics: Available Between Cannot Closest Directly Free Realized Since Substitute Use

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In Italy there's perhaps a little less space than in Spain, but there's certainly as much sunshine.

~Carlo Rubbia

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Physicist

Born: March 31st, 1934

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