Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was a pioneering American nuclear scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his inve...
I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment. Ernest Lawrence
I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment.
But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out. Ernest Lawrence
But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out.
It never does much good to find out why you can't; put your effort into what you can do. Ernest Lawrence
It never does much good to find out why you can't; put your effort into what you can do.
I have gotten over feeling badly. We would be eternally miserable if our errors worried us too much because as we push forward we will make plenty more. Ernest Lawrence
I have gotten over feeling badly. We would be eternally miserable if our errors worried us too much because as we push forward we will make plenty more.
The atomic bombs will surely shorten the war, and let us hope that they will effectively end war as a possibility in human affairs. Ernest Lawrence
The atomic bombs will surely shorten the war, and let us hope that they will effectively end war as a possibility in human affairs.
Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science. Ernest Lawrence
Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress of science.
Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure. Ernest Lawrence
Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure.
In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering. Ernest Lawrence
In the Radiation Laboratory we count it a privilege to do everything we can to assist our medical colleagues in the application of these new tools to the problems of human suffering.
Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale. Ernest Lawrence
Instead of an attic with a few test tubes, bits of wire and odds and ends, the attack on the atomic nucleus has required the development and construction of great instruments on an engineering scale.
I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment. Ernest Lawrence
I have suggested that scientific progress requires a favorable environment.
From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits. Ernest Lawrence
From the beginning of the Radiation Laboratory, I have had the rare good fortune of being in the center of a group of men of high ability, enthusiastic and completely devoted to scientific pursuits.
The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work. Ernest Lawrence
The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work.