“The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields for slight contributions to which you have done me the great honour of awarding the the Prize in Physics for the year 1923. Sometimes it is one foot that is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both”
Quotes by Robert Andrews Millikan
“did for statistical mechanics and for thermodynamics what did for celestial mechanics and did for electrodynamics, namely, made his field a well-nigh finished theoretical structure.””
Robert Andrews MillikanRobert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American experimental physicist renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of electricity and light. He is best known for his precise me...