मुझे लगता है, एक ऐसी भावना थी कि सबसे अच्छा विज्ञान वह है जो सबसे सरल तरीके से किया जाए। प्रायोगिक कार्य में, गणित की तरह, एक "शैली" होती थी और सरल उपकरणों से प्राप्त परिणाम जटिल उपकरणों से प्राप्त परिणाम की तुलना में अधिक सुंदर होता था, ठीक वैसे ही जैसे करीने से निकाला गया गणितीय प्रमाण कठिन गणनाओं वाले प्रमाण से बेहतर होता था। रदरफोर्ड के पहले विघटन प्रयोग और चैडविक की न्यूट्रॉन की खोज में एक ऐसी "शैली" थी जो विशाल कण त्वरक (एक्सीलरेटर) से किए गए प्रयोगों से अलग है।
There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was "style" and a result obtained with simple equipment was more elegant than one obtained with complicated apparatus, just as a mathematical proof derived neatly was better than one involving laborious calculations. Rutherford's first disintegration experiment, and Chadwick's discovery of the neutron had a "style" that is different from that of experiments made with giant accelerators.
There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was "style" and a result obtained with simple equipment was more elegant than one obtained with complicated apparatus, just as a mathematical proof derived neatly was better than one involving laborious calculations. Rutherford's first disintegration experiment, and Chadwick's discovery of the neutron had a "style" that is different from that of experiments made with giant accelerators.