Lord Kelvin Quotes

Lord Kelvin — Irish Scientist born on June 26, 1824, died on December 17, 1907

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin OM GCVO PC PRS FRSE was an Irish mathematical physicist and engineer who was born in Belfast in 1824. At the University of Glasgow he did important work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form. He worked closely with mathematics professor Hugh Blackburn in his work. He also had a career as an electric telegraph engineer and inventor, which propelled him into the public eye and ensured his wealth, fame and honour. For his work on the transatlantic telegraph project he was knighted by Queen Victoria, becoming Sir William Thomson. He had extensive maritime interests and was most noted for his work on the mariner's compass, which had previously been limited in reliability... (wikipedia)

The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.

The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.

The more thoroughly I conduct scientific research, the more I believe that science excludes atheism.

In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.