“An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment.” CommitmentTendenciesLifelong Author:Bruno Rossi
“A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays.” MenReasonFeelingsYoungFieldsReason WhyYoung ManRaysCosmicCosmic RaysPrevious Work Author:Bruno Rossi
“In any case, whenever technical progress opened a new window into the surrounding world, I felt the urge to look through this window, hoping to see something unexpected.” WorldLooksFeltCasesProgressWindowUnexpectedUrgesSomething Unexpected Author:Bruno Rossi
“The atom can't be seen, yet its existence can be proved. And it is simple to prove that it can't ever be seen. It has to be studied by indirect evidence - and the technical difficulty has been compared to asking a man who has never seen a piano to describe a piano from the sound it would make falling downstairs in the dark.” MenHas BeensFallSoundDarkSimpleExistenceProveEvidenceDifficultyAskingPianoAtomsFalling DownIndirect Author:Carl David Anderson
“The ideal student would be one who was not working for grades but was working because he was interested in the work and not trying to compete with fellow students.” TryingWould BeStudentsIdealsFellowsGrades Author:Carl David Anderson
“The movement of the emitters of the spectral lines may be deduced on the basis of the Doppler principle.” MayLinesPrinciplesMovementBases Author:Johannes Stark
“A beam of luminous hydrogen canal rays has, owing to its velocity, exactly the same direction as that of the electric field in which it may be made to move.” MayMadeMovingFieldsRaysElectricBeamLuminousOwingHydrogenCanalsVelocity Author:Johannes Stark
“Along a series of lines running from longer to shorter wavelengths the effect of the electric field becomes greater as the serial numbers increase - that is, as the wavelength decreases.” RunningLinesNumbersGreaterEffectsFieldsIncreaseSeriesElectricDecreaseSerialsWavelength Author:Johannes Stark
“By allowing the positive ions to pass through an electric field and thus giving them a certain velocity, it is possible to distinguish them from the neutral, stationary atoms.” GivingCertainFieldsAllowingAtomsElectricVelocityStationaryIons Author:Johannes Stark