David J. Gross

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5 total works indexed

1. Basic local alignment search tool

   · 1990 · cited 79,996x

2. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 76,845x

3. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

   · 1986 · cited 62,912x

4. Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error

   · 1981 · cited 60,719x

5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

   · 2009 · cited 57,919x

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Quotes

• “Are all the (measurable) dimensionless parameters that characterize the physical universe calculable in principle or are some merely determined by historical or quantum mechanical accident and incalculable?”
• “... From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science books that I read avidly. Early on I was fascinated by theoretical physics and determined to become a theoretical physicist. I had no real idea what that meant, but it seemed incredibly exciting to spend one's life attempting to find the secrets of the universe by using one's mind.”
• “String theory was not invented to describe gravity; instead it originated in an attempt to describe the strong interactions, wherein mesons can be thought of as open strings with quarks at their ends. The fact that the theory automatically described closed strings as well, and that closed strings invariably produced gravitons and gravity, and that the resulting quantum theory of gravity was finite and consistent is one of the most appealing aspects of the theory.”
• “Remarkably, the building of the Standard Model — the theory of how particles and forces interact — was the success of the conservatives. It required no revolution at the foundational level. Normal physics, the kind that goes on experiment after experiment, produced the Standard Model.”
• “Physics is always a gamble; it is a game of exploration. That’s the fun of it. We never know for sure what will happen. Sometimes, we theorists can anticipate, but nature is the final judge.”
• “We now know that string theory and quantum field theory can often be different ways of looking at exactly the same phenomena.”

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