Re: Science quotations

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>]

At 13:36 -0700 5/9/02, Gary Turner wrote:
> Does anyone have the exact quote from Rutherford about science and stamp
> collecting?

I have one on a coffee mug I got at an AAPT meeting a few years back
(hardly an authoritative source):

"In Science there is only physics--everything else is stamp collecting."

However, in Mackay's "Dictionary of Scientific Quotations" there is this entry:

"Science is divided into two categories, physics and stamp collecting."

and the reference cited is J. D. Bernal "The Social Function of
Science," 1939. I don't know if Bernal is giving a direct quote, or
if he gives further reference to the original location.

Hope this helps,

Hugh
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