David Lee quotes

David Lee is an American physicist best known for his discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. This groundbreaking work earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996, which he shared with Douglas Osheroff and Robert Richardson. He has made significant contributions to the field of low-temperature physics. Here are 5 of his quotes:

I look back upon graduate school as being a very happy period in my life. The chance to be thoroughly immersed in physics and to be surrounded by friends pursuing similar goals was a marvelous experience.

David Lee

Following graduation from high school in 1948, I attended Harvard University where I became a physics major. Having grown up in a small town, I found Harvard to be an enormously enriching experience. Students in my class came from all walks of life and from a great variety of geographical locations.

David Lee

There are few moments in science in which you genuinely are excited. The discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 was one of those moments.

David Lee

Modern low temperature physics began with the liquefaction of helium by Kamerlingh Onnes and the discovery of superconductivity at the University of Leiden in the early part of the 20th century.

David Lee