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> [The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and gives them no particular forms in his diagrams. That does not mean that the shapes are unimportant, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-chemist-whose-science-is-immediately-concerned-with-the/)

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## More by William Henry Bragg

> [When a liquid boils, the temperature has been raised to such a pitch that the evaporating molecules are sufficient in number and speed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/when-a-liquid-boils-the-temperature-has-been-raised-to-such-a-pitch/)

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> [Let us think of Nature as a builder, making all that we see out of atoms of a limited number of kinds, just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/let-us-think-of-nature-as-a-builder-making-all-that-we-see-out-of/)

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> [The infinite variety in the properties of the solid materials we find in the world is really the expression of the infinite variety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-infinite-variety-in-the-properties-of-the-solid-materials-we-find/)

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> [The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and fro in an independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-difference-between-a-gas-and-a-liquid-is-that-in-the-former-the/)

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> [Science is experimental, moving forward step-by-step, making trial and learning through success and failure. Is not this also the way of religion, and especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/science-is-experimental-moving-forward-step-by-step-making-trial-and/)

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> [The chemist, whose science is immediately concerned with the combinations of atoms, has rarely found it necessary to discuss their shapes, and gives them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-chemist-whose-science-is-immediately-concerned-with-the/)

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> [Sound is a movement which is handed on from atom to atom in a gas through which the sound is passing, just as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/sound-is-a-movement-which-is-handed-on-from-atom-to-atom-in-a-gas/)

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> [“Light brings us the news of the Universe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/light-brings-us-the-news-of-the-universe/)

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> [After a year's research, one realizes that it could have been done in a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/after-a-year-s-research-one-realizes-that-it-could-have-been-done-in/)

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> [The atoms may be compared to the letters of the alphabet, which can be put together into innumerable ways to form words. So the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/the-atoms-may-be-compared-to-the-letters-of-the-alphabet-which-can-be/)

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> [Broadly speaking, the discovery of X-rays has increased the keenness of our vision ten thousand times, and we can now 'see' the individual atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/broadly-speaking-the-discovery-of-x-rays-has-increased-the-keenness/)

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> [In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/in-a-gas-motion-has-the-upper-hand-the-atoms-are-moving-so-fast-that/)

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> [Whenever we warm our hands by the fire, we allow the energy radiated by the fire to quicken up the movements of the atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/whenever-we-warm-our-hands-by-the-fire-we-allow-the-energy-radiated/)

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> [From religion comes a man's purpose; from science, his power to achieve it. Sometimes people ask if religion and science are not opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-henry-bragg/from-religion-comes-a-man-s-purpose-from-science-his-power-to-achieve/)

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