Fritz Zwicky Quotes


I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea! [Reputed to have been a remark made to the head of his department at Caltech.]


Citations

Johnson, John. Zwicky: The Outcast Genius Who Unmasked the Universe. Harvard University Press, 2019, p. 119.

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Fritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky
  • Born: February 14, 1898
  • Died: February 8, 1974
  • Nationality: Swiss
  • Profession: Scientist

Fritz Zwicky was a Swiss astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy. In 1933, Zwicky was the first to use the virial theorem to infer the existence of unseen dark matter, describing it as "dunkle (kalt) Materie".