Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Fabiola Gianotti

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Fabiola Gianotti is an Italian experimental particle physicist, and the first woman to be Director-General at CERN in Switzerland. Her first mandate began on 1 January 2016 and ran for a period of five years. At its 195th Session in 2019, the Cern Council selected Gianotti for an unprecedented second term as Director-General. Her second five-year term began on 1 January 2021 and go on until 2025. This is the first time in CERN's history that a Director-General has been appointed for a full second term.

Italian - Physicist | Born: October 29, 1960

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In the big experiments, Atlas and CMS, we have something like 3,000 scientists each, and over 60 nationalities.

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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

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Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.

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Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to have some fantasy.

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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.

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I like manual things, doing things with my hands, the feeling of touching.

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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.

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The top quark was discovered in 1995, and since then, the Higgs has become our obsession because the standard model was incomplete without it.

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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.

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CERN is a concrete example of worldwide, international co-operation - and a concrete example of peace. The place which makes, in my opinion, better scientists, but also better people.

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With the discovery of the Higgs boson, one of the questions has been ticked off the list, but there are many others. We hope that we can find answers or hints for answers to at least some of them. But of course, this is in the hands of nature.

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CERN is a centre of scientific excellence and a source of pride and inspiration for physicists from all over the world, a cradle for technology and innovation, and a shining concrete example of scientific cooperation and peace.

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Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.

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We know there must be new physics. For example, we cannot explain what dark matter is.

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We had to understand things like why the top quark was so heavy and the electron is so light. The Higgs is a big, important step.

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From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter.

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We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.

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Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new.

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Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.

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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.

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My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that it continues to be a place that unites scientists from around the world.

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I will fully engage myself to maintain CERN's excellence in all its attributes, with the help of everybody, including CERN Council, staff and users from all over the world.

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Diversity is really a richness for mankind.

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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.

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Our research is so complex that the resources of a single region of the world are no longer enough - both intellectually and economically, it must be a global effort.

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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.

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I grew up in environment that had more women in science.

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Dark matter is everywhere. In this room. Everywhere.

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String theories, for instance, they require seven additional dimensions. So, as experimentalists we should, with our high-tech instruments like the Large Hadron Collider, just listen to nature and to what nature wants to tell us.

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Never abandon your dreams. You may regret it for the rest of your life.

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The top quark was discovered in 1995 and since then the Higgs has become an because the standard model was incomplete with out it.

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When we look at the universe, what we see by eye or with our telescopes is only five percent of the universe. The rest, 95 percent is dark. Dark meaning, first of all, not visible to our instrument. Second, dark also indicates our ignorance. We don't know what's the composition of this part of the universe.

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I like the beauty of physics, nature is beautiful, it is my second soul to music.

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Believe in your dreams and ideals and pursue them with determination and motivation. Always find the time to do something for other people. Indeed, there is nothing more rewarding than making someone else happy.

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Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Fabiola Gianotti

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