Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch
Felix Blochwas a Swiss physicist, working mainly in the U.S. He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements." In 1954–1955, he served for one year as the first Director-General of CERN...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 October 1905
CountrySwitzerland
cherished guarded imagination
Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
generally restricted science
It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
advise asking certainly close conform earlier felt practical realities soon themselves
But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity.