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An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.
Ernest Rutherford
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Ernest Rutherford
Age: 66 †
Born: 1871
Born: August 30
Died: 1937
Died: October 19
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Nuclear Physicist
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Nelson
New Zealand
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When we have found how the nucleus of atoms is built up we shall have found the greatest secret of all — except life. We shall have found the basis of everything — of the earth we walk on, of the air we breathe, of the sunshine, of our physical body itself, of everything in the world, however great or however small — except life.
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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 to abolish air bombardment . . . that would mean the greatest possible release from fear.
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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 order to keep in the race. The best sprinters in this road of investigation are Becquerel and the Curies.
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All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.
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I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy, you used to be a damned clever fellow.' (1911)
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A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid.
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If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the war.
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Should a young scientist working with me come to me after two years of such work and ask me what to do next, I would advise him to get out of science. After two years of work, if a man does not know what to do next, he will never make a real scientist.
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All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
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Now I know what the atom looks like.
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Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.
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Never say, I tried it once and it did not work.
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Gentlemen, now you will see that now you see nothing. And why you see nothing you will see presently.
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Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.
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If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.
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I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple ideas like grim death until evidence is too strong for my tenacity.
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All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contributions to science.
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You know, I am sorry for the poor fellows that haven't got labs to work in.
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