Owen Chamberlain (July 10, 1920 – February 28, 2006) was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.[1][2] (wikipedia)
Each generation of scientists also depends upon its own environment.
The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
The development of physics, like the development of any science, is a continuous one.
Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.