Question 9: By what do you recognize a physicist??

Albert Einstein (1897 - 1955): The theoretical physicist is characterized by a “strange absence of adaptability.”

Gesine Grosche, PTB Working Group "Unit of Length": I hope by the insatiable desire to question things, to get at the root of things.

Annette Paul, PTB Working Group "Environmental radioactivity": Each time he/she has a new device in his/her hands, he/she throws the instruction manual away, switches the device on, presses all buttons and then disassembles the device.

Reinhard Scherm, former PTB Department "Fundamentals of Physics and Metrology": Careless clothing, slightly crazed look

Andreas Bauch, PTB Working Group "Unit of time":
I hope they do not recognize me!! I first of all am a human being, Christian, father and a husband - and then a physicist.

Uwe Keyser, former PTB Department "Focal Points of Experimental Research": By curiosity. A true experimental physicist first puts a device into operation and then starts reading the Instructions for Use.

Marie Curie (1867 - 1934): A characteristic of a physicist is a nature idealistic above average, as “science only deals with objects, and not with persons.”

Werner Heisenberg (1901 - 1976): “Every natural scientist engaged in research work has the feeling that he is looking for something which is objectively true. His statements are not meant to depend on the conditions under which they can be verified.”

Ernst O. Göbel, President of the PTB: No idea