Simon van der Meer Quotes

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.
Simon van der Meer

Final, Section, Passed

My father was a schoolteacher and my mother came from a teacher's family.
Simon van der Meer

Family, Teacher, Mother

After developing a primitive theory (1968) I therefore did not pursue this subject. However, the work was taken up by others and in 1974 the first experiments were done in the ISR.
Simon van der Meer

Work, Done, After

At this time, my work on the SPS power supplies had just come to an end; I joined a study group on the pp project and an experimental team studying cooling in a small ring (ICE).
Simon van der Meer

Work, Time, Power

My interest in matters more directly concerned with the handling of particles was growing, in the meantime, stimulated by many contacts with people understanding accelerators.
Simon van der Meer

Growing, Interest, Matters

Nevertheless, if I have at times been able to make original contributions in the accelerator field, I cannot help feeling that to a certain extent my slightly amateur approach in physics, combined with much practical experience, was an asset.
Simon van der Meer

Experience, Help, Feeling

Since then, I have worked with the group that commissioned and improved the ring and that is now preparing the construction of a second ring to increase the p stacking rate by an order of magnitude.
Simon van der Meer

Group, Since, Order

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education.
Simon van der Meer

Education, Good, Learning

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Physicist

Born: November 24, 1925

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