You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
You know, I am sorry for the poor fellows that haven't got labs to work in. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
If your experiment needs a statistician, you need a better experiment — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
The great object is to find the theory of the matter [of X-rays] before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contributions… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
It is essential for men of science to take an interest in the administration of their own affairs or else the professional… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
I have to keep going, as there are always people on my track. I have to publish my present work as rapidly… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
[From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life. It was almost as incredible as… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“I think a strong claim can be made that the process of scientific discovery may be regarded as a form of art.… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Should a young scientist working with me come to me after two years of such work and ask me what to do… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy,… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Every good laboratory consists of first rate men working in great harmony to insure the progress of science; but down at the… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“I came into the room, which was half dark, and presently spotted Lord Kelvin in the audience and realised that I was… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back to hit… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
From the results so far obtained it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the long-range atoms arising from collision of alpha particles with… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“When we consider the magnitude and extent of his discoveries and their influence on the progress of science and of industry, there is no… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
The great object is to find the theory of the matter [of X-rays] before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
It is essential for men of science to take an interest in the administration of their own affairs or else the professional civil servant… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
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