Charles Glover Barkla quotes

Charles Glover Barkla was a British physicist renowned for his pioneering work on X-rays. His research dramatically advanced the understanding of X-ray scattering and its interaction with matter. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his achievements in this field. Here are 5 of his quotes:

We are all dwellers on this one small earth; we live one life, die one death; we have the same difficulties to contend with; we ought in common to fight the foes of ignorance and wrong.

Charles Glover Barkla

The Nobel Prize is without doubt the highest honour, the most coveted honour, which can be bestowed on a scientist.

Charles Glover Barkla

It seems to me that the Swedish Academy of Science may be qualifying for the Nobel Peace Prize. It recognises no nationality; it discourages unworthy national feeling and prejudice.

Charles Glover Barkla

The process of radiation may be, and is, continuous - at any rate within limits extending to far smaller quantities than the quantum.

Charles Glover Barkla