Top 3 Quotes by Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett

A first-rate laboratory is one in which mediocre scientists can produce outstanding work.

A first-rate laboratory is one in which mediocre scientists can produce outstanding work.

Science, Firsts, Scientist

"And I Quote, Revised Edition: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker". Book by Andrew Frothingham, Ashton Applewhite, and Tripp Evans, p.469, 1992.

May every young scientist remember and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.

Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett

Failure, Eye, Science