Simon van der Meer quotes

Simon van der Meer quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.”
-- Simon van der Meer

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“My interest in matters more directly concerned with the handling of particles was growing, in the meantime, stimulated by many contacts with people understanding accelerators.”
-- Simon van der Meer

#People Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Growing Quotes
“I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.”
-- Simon van der Meer

#Finals Quotes #Examination Quotes #Gymnasiums Quotes
“After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and in 1974 the first experiments were done in the ISR.”
-- Simon van der Meer

#Taken Quotes #Done Quotes #Firsts Quotes
“Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset.”
-- Simon van der Meer

#Feelings Quotes #Able Quotes #Fields Quotes
“At this time, my work on the SPS power supplies had just come to an end; I joined a study group on the pp project and an experimental team studying cooling in a small ring (ICE).”
-- Simon van der Meer

#Team Quotes #Hockey Quotes #Ice Quotes

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