James Cronin Quotes

While at Chicago my interest in the new field of particle physics was stimulated by a course given by Gell- Mann, who was developing his ideas about Strangeness at the time.

When the violation of parity was discovered I began a series of electronic experiments to investigate parity violation in hyperon decays.

The long-lived K meson was discovered at Brookhaven.

The Director of the Laboratory, George Reynolds, was most supportive of my efforts to work independently. There followed for ten years a glorious time for research.

Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.

On even the worst days, when nothing was working at the lab, I knew that at home I would find warmth, peace, companionship, and encouragement. As a consequence, the next day would surely be better.