“Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water; then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter throughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if then you took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules.” IfsWaterSeaOceanHundredMarkSevenGlassesLatterMoleculesIf Then Author:Lord Kelvin
“Can you measure it? Can you express it in figures? Can you make a model of it? If not, your theory is apt to be based more upon imagination than upon knowledge.” IfsImaginationFiguresTheoryModels Author:Lord Kelvin
“If we can't express what we know in the form of numbers, we really don't know much about it.” IfsKnowsFormNumbers Author:Lord Kelvin
“If you study science deep enough and long enough, it will force you to believe in God.” IfsBelieveLongEnoughForceStudyAtheismBelieve In God Author:Lord Kelvin
“Vortices of pure energy can exist and, if my theories are right, can compose the bodily form of an intelligent species.” IfsFormEnergyTheoryPureIntelligentSpecies Author:Lord Kelvin
“If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.” IfsCan NotMeasurementMeasuringMeasure For Measure Author:Lord Kelvin
“I can never satisfy myself until I can make a mechanical model of a thing. If I can make a mechanical model, I can understand it. As long as I cannot make a mechanical model all the way through I cannot understand.” IfsWayLongI CanScienceAcceptanceModels Author:Lord Kelvin
