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)
Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work." - Ernest Rutherford
Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work."
- Ernest Rutherford
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 o… - Ernest Rutherford
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 o…
A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good. - Ernest Rutherford
A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.
We haven't got the money, so we've got to think. - Ernest Rutherford
We haven't got the money, so we've got to think.
If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment. - Ernest Rutherford
If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.
Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking. - Ernest Rutherford
Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking.
All science is either physics or stamp collecting. - Ernest Rutherford
All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting. - Ernest Rutherford
That which is not measurable is not science. That which is not physics is stamp collecting.
The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't. - Ernest Rutherford
The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't.
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