Heinrich Rohrer Quotes
We had the freedom to make mistakes. That's something very important.
Topics
Courage
Freedom, Liberty
Learning
Science
Autonomy
Experimentation
Mistakes, Errors, Misjudgments
Personal Growth
Research & Development
Resilience
Risk Taking
Switzerland
Trial & Error, Trial and Error
Making Mistakes
Taking Chances
Self-Discovery
Creative Exploration
Learning from Experience
Freedom To Fail
Citations
Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss Physicist & Nobel Laureate, Interview at the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 9 April, 2008
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Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst Ruska. The Heinrich Rohrer Medal is presented triennially by the Surface Science Society of Japan with IBM Research – Zurich, Swiss Embassy in Japan, and Ms. Rohrer in his memory. The medal is not to be confused with the Heinrich Rohrer Award presented at the Nano Seoul 2020 conference.