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Theodore (Ted) Henry Geballe
(20 Jan 1920 - )
American physicist who was a superconductivity expert at Stanford University, where he joined the faculty in 1968.
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Science Quotes by Theodore (Ted) Henry Geballe (1)
The best part of working at a university is the students. They come in fresh, enthusiastic, open to ideas, unscarred by the battles of life. They don't realize it, but they're the recipients of the best our society can offer. If a mind is ever free to be creative, that's the time. They come in believing textbooks are authoritative but eventually they figure out that textbooks and professors don't know everything, and then they start to think on their own. Then, I begin learning from them.
— Theodore (Ted) Henry Geballe
As quoted in autobiography of Stephen Chu in Gösta Ekspong (ed.), Nobel Lectures: Physics 1996-2000 (2002), 120.
See also: | Idea (83) | Learning (43) | Professor (8) | Student (17) | Textbook (5) | University (12)
