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All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

— Ernest Rutherford

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  1. Radioactivity is shown to be accompanied by chemical changes in which new types of matter are being continually produced. ... The conclusio…
  2. I came into the room which was half-dark and presently spotted Lord Kelvin in the audience, and realised that I was in for trouble at the l…
  3. If you can't explain your physics to a barmaid it is probably not very good physics.
  4. All scientific men will be delighted to extend their warmest congratulations to Tesla and to express their appreciation of his great contri…
  5. I have always been very proud of the fact that I am a New Zealander.
  6. I have broken the machine and touched the ghost of matter.
  7. I'm a simple man myself.
  8. If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.

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