Robert Andrews Millikan
Robert Andrews Millikan
Robert A. Millikanwas an American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for his measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth22 March 1868
CountryUnited States of America
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Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.
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Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward.
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The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of nature. The even more important task of religion, on the other hand, is to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind.