Ernest Rutherford Quotes
- If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.
- The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of…
- If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.
- Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.
- Now I know what the atom looks like.
- You know, I am sorry for the poor fellows that haven't got labs to work in.
- I have to keep going, as there are always people on my track. I have to publish my present work as rapidly as possible in…
- The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.
- The greatest contributor to the feeling of tension and fear of war arose from the power of the bombing aeroplane. If all nations would consent…
- I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple…
- Radioactivity is shown to be accompanied by chemical changes in which new types of matter are being continually produced. .... The conclusion is drawn that…
- The more physics you have the less engineering you need.
- I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist.
- An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.
- Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting.
- The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from…
- That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.
- When we have found how the nucleus of atoms is built up we shall have found the greatest secret of all — except life. We…
- All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contributions to science.
- [From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the…