Cecil Frank Powell Quotes


"Any device in science is a window on to nature, and each new window contributes to the breadth of our view."
- Cecil Frank Powell
(Related: Science, Nature)

"How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers."
- Cecil Frank Powell
(Related: Living, Names, Teachers)

"The particular features of the photographic method of detecting atomic particles enabled us to establish the existence of transient forms of matter which had escaped recognition by other methods."
- Cecil Frank Powell
(Related: Existence)