“Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. In this competition between labs, the race is to the swift.”

About Burton Richter

Scientist • American

Burton Richter was an American physicist who co-won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the J/ψ meson. This discovery, made independently by Samuel Ting, helped confirm the existence of the charm quark,...