Catherine Bréchignac Quotes

Catherine Bréchignac is a French physicist. She is a commander of the Légion d'honneur, "secrétaire perpétuel honoraire" of the Académie des sciences and former president of the CNRS . The Times says she has "a formidable reputation for determination, decisiveness and an aptitude for analysing and clarifying complex matters." As a president of the CNRS, she was responsible for 25,000 employees, 12,000 of whom are researchers, and a budget of 2.42 billion Euros. Wikipedia

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Catherine Bréchignac Quotes

“In the labs, the young make things move, and the older ones follow like parents evolving with their children.”

Catherine Bréchignac

quoted in At the centre of revolution in research http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=151148&sectioncode=26, The Times Higher Education, April 14, 2000.

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