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William J. Broad
(3 Jul 1951 - )
American journalist who turned his degree in the history of science toward science writing. He has been a science reporter with the New York Times since 1983, during which time he shared a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. He has authored or contributed to several books.
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Science Quotes by William J. Broad (2 quotes)
A cosmic mystery of immense proportions, once seemingly on the verge of solution, has deepened and left astronomers and astrophysicists more baffled than ever. The crux ... is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
[Reporting a Nature article discrediting explanation of invisible mass being due to neutrinos]
[Reporting a Nature article discrediting explanation of invisible mass being due to neutrinos]
— William J. Broad
In 'If Theory is Right, Most of Universe is Still “Missing”', New York Times (11 Sep 1984).
In theory, whole islands of antimatter could be floating in the universe, cut off from matter by the empty void of space. If a large chunk of antimatter fell to Earth, the planet would be vaporized in a blinding flash of energy.
— William J. Broad
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
