"Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society." ― John Cameron Topic(s): Society More From John Cameron "Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized." "I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S." "Medical physics is an applied area of physics." More In Society "There is more to life than increasing its speed."― Mahatma Gandhi "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."― Dwight D. Eisenhower "One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action – the ability to pass directly from thought to action."― Eric Hoffer