Re: I would have been a botanist

["Carl C. Gaither" <cgaither@N-LINK.COM>]

Hello to the group--

In our book Physically Speaking we have this quote as:

"All physics is either physics or stamp collecting."  Rutherford was
quoted by J.B. Birks in the book Rutherford at Manchester (p. 108)

Bruce McKay wrote:

> I thought Rutherford's quote was "All science is either physics or
> stamp collecting".
>
> Bruce McKay
>
> >     The version of Rutherford's quote that I am familiar with
> > is "Physics is the only science - the rest is stamp collecting."
> >
> > Vic DeCarlo
> >
> > Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
> >
> > >  Serious plant scientists today are much more sophisticated
> > >  than high school teachers of Fermi, I suppose. Therefore,
> > >  I prefer the "stamp collector" phrase instead of "botanist".
> > >  There is no need to antagonize biologists.
> > >
> > >  Even with this phrase one can antagonize others. Rutherford
> > >  once said that everything outside physics is like collecting
> > >  stamps. I do not recall the exact saying and the context in
> > >  which it appeared. Can somebody refresh my memory?
> > >  Ludwik Kowalski

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