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Sir John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
(12 Nov 1842 - 30 Jun 1919)
English physical scientist , John William Strutt, 3rd Baron of Rayleigh, was an who made fundamental discoveries in the fields of acoustics and optics. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904.
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Science Quotes by Sir John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (3)
...I may say that in my opinion true Science and true Religion neither are nor could be opposed.
— Sir John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
Quoted in James Joseph Walsh, Religion and Health (1920), 15 .
Examples ... show how difficult it often is for an experimenter to interpret his results without the aid of mathematics.
— Sir John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
Quoted in E. T. Bell, Men of Mathematics, xvi.
See also: | Difficulty (16) | Experiment (199) | Interpretation (14) | Mathematics (221) | Result (25)
Some proofs command assent. Others woo and charm the intellect. They evoke delight and an overpowering desire to say, 'Amen, Amen'.
— Sir John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh
Quoted in H. E. Hunter, The Divine Proportion (1970), 6; but with no footnote identifying primary source.
