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You should never bet against ...

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

Every good laboratory consist...

Every good laboratory consists of first rate men working in great harmony to insure the progress of science; but down at the end of the hall is an unsociable, wrong-headed fellow working on unprofitable lines, and in his hands lies the hope of discovery.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

Should a young scientist work...

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.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

The great object is to find t...

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 on the warpath.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

[From uranium] there are pres...

[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 ? radiation, and the other of a more penetrative character, which will be termed the ? radiation.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

All of physics is either impo...

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

That which is not measurable ...

That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

I have to keep going, as ther...

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.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

A theory that you can't expla...

A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

The more physics you have the...

The more physics you have the less engineering you need.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

I congratulate you both on a ...

I congratulate you both on a fine piece of work which I am sure will ultimately prove of importance. I am personally very much interested in your results... In the past I have tried a number of experiments... but without any success.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

I've just finished reading so...

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)

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

I am a great believer in the ...

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.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

An alleged scientific discove...

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

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

Radioactivity is shown to be ...

Radioactivity is shown to be accompanied by chemical changes in which new types of matter are being continually produced. .... The conclusion is drawn that these chemical changes must be sub-atomic in character.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

When we have found how the nu...

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.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

All science is either physics...

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

Of all created comforts, God ...

Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

If your experiment needs stat...

If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

You should never bet against ...

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

Ernest Rutherford 45 quotes

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