Martin Fleischmann Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“At the moment I am taking a very careful look at some of the work which we have done in the past.”

“I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work.”

“I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.”

“I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.”

“You see, I am a very conventional scientist, really.”

“It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.”

“American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.”

“One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.”

“If you assume that it was a valid experiment, then its disintegration reveals a very substantial part of what has been found since then, including the fact that you can get heat generation at high temperature.”

“Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.”