Frederick Soddy (2 September 1877 – 22 September 1956) was an English radiochemist.
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[The human control of atomic energy could] virtually provide anyone who wanted it with a private sun of his own. Frederick Soddy
[The human control of atomic energy could] virtually provide anyone who wanted it with a private sun of his own.
The one is like spending the interest on a legacy, and the other is like spending the legacy itself. ... [There is] a still hardly recognised coming energy problem. Frederick Soddy
The one is like spending the interest on a legacy, and the other is like spending the legacy itself. ... [There is] a still hardly recognised coming energy problem.
In so far as such developments utilise the natural energy running to waste, as in water power, they may be accounted as pure gain. But in so far as they consume the fuel resources of the globe they are very different. Frederick Soddy
In so far as such developments utilise the natural energy running to waste, as in water power, they may be accounted as pure gain. But in so far as they consume the fuel resources of the globe they are very different.
Chemical homogeneity is no longer a guarantee that any supposed element is not a mixture of several of different atomic weights, or that any atomic weight is not merely a mean number. Frederick Soddy
Chemical homogeneity is no longer a guarantee that any supposed element is not a mixture of several of different atomic weights, or that any atomic weight is not merely a mean number.
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general and the Periodic Law. Frederick Soddy
[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on elements in general and the Periodic Law.
The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know what science is. A problem solved is dead. A world without problems to be solved would be devoid of science. Frederick Soddy
The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know what science is. A problem solved is dead. A world without problems to be solved would be devoid of science.
Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But our present sources stand in the ratio of a million to one, compared with any previous sources. Frederick Soddy
Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But our present sources stand in the ratio of a million to one, compared with any previous sources.
There has been no discovery like it in the history of man. It puts into man's hands the key to using the fundamental energy of the universe. Frederick Soddy
There has been no discovery like it in the history of man. It puts into man's hands the key to using the fundamental energy of the universe.
The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy. Frederick Soddy
The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy.
Since zero bend's a dead straight line And concave bends have minus sign, The sum of squares of all four bends Is half the square of their sum. Frederick Soddy
Since zero bend's a dead straight line And concave bends have minus sign, The sum of squares of all four bends Is half the square of their sum.
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their intrigue left Euclid dumb There's now no need for rule of thumb. Frederick Soddy
Four circles to the kissing come, The smaller are the benter. The bend is just the inverse of The distance from the centre. Though their intrigue left Euclid dumb There's now no need for rule of thumb.
An inexplicable fact is infinitely preferable to an incomprehensible mystery. Frederick Soddy
An inexplicable fact is infinitely preferable to an incomprehensible mystery.