A Good Scientific Theory Should Be Explicable

An Alleged Scientific Discovery Has No Merit Unless It Can Be Explained To A Barmaid.

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)

I Have To Keep Going, As There Are Always People On My Track. I Have To Publish My Present Work As Rapidly As Possible In Order To Keep In The Race. The Best Sprinters In This Road Of Investigation Are Becquerel And The Curies.

If, As I Have Reason To Believe, I Have Disintegrated The Nucleus Of The Atom, This Is Of Greater Significance Than The War.

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