Biographies Quote by Ernest Rutherford

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

Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting.

— Ernest Rutherford

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

“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

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

— Ernest Rutherford

A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid.

— Ernest Rutherford

Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently.

— Ernest Rutherford

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

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

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

— Ernest Rutherford

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.

— Ernest Rutherford

“We haven't got the money, so we'll have to think”

— Ernest Rutherford