May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more

May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. -Patrick Blackett.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.

If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. - Essays, 1625.

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. read more

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the read more

We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more.

URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.

URLs are the 800 numbers of the 1990's.

Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power read more

Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.