Quotes from Frederick Seitz

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.

Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.

Individual curiosity, often working without practical ends in mind, has always been a driving force for innovation.

Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.

It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe...