Ernest Rutherford Quotes (4 quotations)
1. It was the most incredible thing that has ever happened to me in my life. It was as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you. - Ernest Rutherford
2. 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. - Ernest Rutherford
3. The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: some do, some don't. - Ernest Rutherford
4. You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1. - Ernest Rutherford
2. 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. - Ernest Rutherford
3. The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: some do, some don't. - Ernest Rutherford
4. You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1. - Ernest Rutherford
