I Must Confess It Was Very Unexpected

The Year 1896 ... Marked The Beginning Of What Has Been Aptly Termed The Heroic Age Of Physical Science. Never Before In The History Of Physics Has There Been Witnessed Such A Period Of Intense Activity When Discoveries Of Fundamental Importance Have Followed One Another With Such Bewildering Rapidity.

I Am A Great Believer In The Simplicity Of Things And As You Probably Know I Am Inclined To Hang On To Broad & Simple Ideas Like Grim Death Until Evidence Is Too Strong For My Tenacity.

Never Say, "i Tried It Once And It Did Not Work."

Every Good Laboratory Consists Of First Rate Men Working In Great Harmony To Insure The Progress Of Science; But Down At The End Of The Hall Is An Unsociable, Wrong-headed Fellow Working On Unprofitable Lines, And In His Hands Lies The Hope Of Discovery.

The Greatest Contributor To The Feeling Of Tension And Fear Of War Arose From The Power Of The Bombing Aeroplane. If All Nations Would Consent To Abolish Air Bombardment . . . That Would Mean The Greatest Possible Release From Fear.