Max Delbruck Quotes

A collection of quotes by Max Delbruck.

Max Delbrück (1906-1981) was a German-American biophysicist and Nobel laureate. He played a pioneering role in the field of molecular biology, specifically in the study of bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages. Delbrück developed an understanding of the genetic structure of these viruses, which provided indispensable knowledge for subsequent studies on DNA replication and mutation. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the discovery of the structure of DNA and the field of modern genetics. Delbrück's contributions were recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969, alongside Salvador Luria and Alfred Hershey.

The particular thing about science is to combine that with a

The particular thing about science is to combine that with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain power by going out into the world, but the scientist really wants to obtain power by retreating from the world.

Max Delbruck

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