Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, FRSwas a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Encyclopædia Britannica considers him to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 August 1871
CityBrightwater, New Zealand
hydrogen-atom long atoms
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 nitrogen are not nitrogen atoms but probably atoms of hydrogen, or atoms of mass 2. If this be the case, we must conclude that the nitrogen atom is disintegrated under the intense forces developed in a close collision with a swift alpha particle, and that the hydrogen atom which is liberated formed a constituent part of the nitrogen nucleus.
europe matter rays
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.
physics collecting stamp-collecting
That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.
running thinking gentleman
Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking.
night gnats trying
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.
theory barmaids should
A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid.
real hard-work men
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.
talking stamp-collecting let-me
Don't let me catch anyone talking about the Universe in my department.
design needs funny-science
If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.
discovery merit barmaids
An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.
hero years discovery
The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in the history of physics has there been witnessed such a period of intense activity when discoveries of fundamental importance have followed one another with such bewildering rapidity.
appreciation congratulations men
All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contributions to science.
possible research whatever
The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the 'social sciences' is: some do, some don't
created god
Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.