James Cronin Quotes

• While at Chicago my interest in the new field of particle physics was stimulated by a course given by Gell- Mann, who was developing his ideas about Strangeness at the time.

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• When the violation of parity was discovered I began a series of electronic experiments to investigate parity violation in hyperon decays.

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• The long-lived K meson was discovered at Brookhaven.

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• The Director of the Laboratory, George Reynolds, was most supportive of my efforts to work independently. There followed for ten years a glorious time for research.

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• Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.

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• One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France.

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• On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.

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• My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student.

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• My primary and secondary education was provided by the Highland Park Public School System.

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• My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University.

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• In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country.

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• In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics.

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• I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool.

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• I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison.

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• During this period, with a series of excellent students, we further studied hyperon decays.

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Birth:	29th September, 1931
Death:	25th August, 2016
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Physicist

About

James Watson Cronin was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American particle physicist. He and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles. He earned a BS degree in Physics and Mathematics from Southern Methodist University in 1951. He earned an MS degree in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1953. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1955. He served as a Professor of Physics at Princeton University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Utah.

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