"[From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the Î± radiation, and the other of a more penetrative character, which will be termed the Î² radiation."

-- Ernest Rutherford

#Character Quotes #Science Quotes #Two Quotes

“What we are working for is an educational program that has become a resource and rallying point for scores of brave southerners who are leading the fight for justice and better race relations in these crucial days”
“The techniques of artificial intelligence are to the mind what bureaucracy is to human social interaction.”

Source : "Thinking Machines: Can there be? Are we?". Book by Terry Winograd, 1990.
“General knowledge may have to be slight or even amateurish knowledge, but it is none the less useful, and we discourage it at our peril.”
“Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.”
“Ever hear of a telephone, asshole?”
“I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.”

Source : "The trees were a deeper green than I imagined, and so tall" by Mike May, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2003.
“As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.”
“I will always dance in the street.”

Source : "Live From..." with Kyra Phillips, edition.cnn.com. January 24, 2006.

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