Today is the birthday of Carl David Anderson (September 3, 1905 – January 11, 1991), physicist. He is best known for his discovery of the positron in 1932 and of the muon in 1936. Carl David Anderson opened up the entire field of particle physics, (the study of the atom - the smallest unit of matter) and because of his discoveries, he received the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.
"The atom can't be seen, yet its existence can be proved. And it is simple to prove that it can't ever be seen. It has to be studied by indirect evidence — and the technical difficulty has been compared to asking a man who has never seen a piano to describe a piano from the sound it would make falling downstairs in the dark." - Carl David Anderson
"The ideal student would be one who was not working for grades but was working because he was interested in the work and not trying to compete with fellow students." - Carl David Anderson
"The atom can't be seen, yet its existence can be proved. And it is simple to prove that it can't ever be seen. It has to be studied by indirect evidence — and the technical difficulty has been compared to asking a man who has never seen a piano to describe a piano from the sound it would make falling downstairs in the dark." - Carl David Anderson
"The ideal student would be one who was not working for grades but was working because he was interested in the work and not trying to compete with fellow students." - Carl David Anderson
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