The Nobel Prize, so
The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man’s work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most solemn sense of his debt to his fellow scientists and those of the past. Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell
I remember, in the
I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. Edward Mills Purcell
Motion at low Reynolds
Motion at low Reynolds number is very majestic, slow, and regular. Edward Mills Purcell
I have not yet
I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the ordinary things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. There the … Read more
The Mean Value Theorem
The Mean Value Theorem is the midwife of calculus – not very important or glamorous by itself, but often helping to deliver other theorems that are of major significance. Edward Mills Purcell
To see the world
To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery. Edward Mills Purcell