Earth and Space
No blue sky thinking!
Stories from Physics
for 11-14
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Ernest Rutherford is reported to have disliked blue sky thinking in his laboratory. He is said to have remarked: “Don’t let me catch anyone talking about the universe in my department!”
References
No blue sky thinking!
P. Davies, The Goldilocks Enigma: Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life? Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008, p. 18
