Frederick Soddy Quote

The atoms are to the chemist and physicist what bricks are to the architect - the units supplied ready-made to a certain limited number of standard specifications and dimensions capable of an endless variety of combinations and arrangements, each with its own peculiarities and external relationships.


The Interpretation of Radium and the Structure of the Atom, Part I, Chapter I (p. 2), G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1920


The atoms are to the chemist and physicist what bricks are to the architect - the units supplied ready-made to a certain limited number of standard...

The atoms are to the chemist and physicist what bricks are to the architect - the units supplied ready-made to a certain limited number of standard...

The atoms are to the chemist and physicist what bricks are to the architect - the units supplied ready-made to a certain limited number of standard...

The atoms are to the chemist and physicist what bricks are to the architect - the units supplied ready-made to a certain limited number of standard...