United Kingdom, Physician December 12, 1902 – October, 25, 1987.
John Ashworth Ratcliffe CB OBE FRS , "JAR" or "Jack", was an influential British radio physicist.
There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was 'style' and a result obtained with simple equipment was more elegant than one obtained with complicated apparatus, just as a mathematical proof derived neatly was better than one involving laborious calculations. Rutherford's first disintegration experiment, and Chadwick's discovery of the neutron had a 'style' that is different from that of experiments made with giant accelerators.
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