The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work.
Meaning of the quote
In the past, scientists could make major discoveries on their own without much help. But today, that is no longer the case. Scientists now need more resources and support to make meaningful progress in their work. This is very clear in the kind of research and experiments that scientists do nowadays.
About Ernest Lawrence
Ernest Lawrence was an American nuclear physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for inventing the cyclotron. He was instrumental in the Manhattan Project and founded two national laboratories that bear his name.
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