I wish to thank the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences very sincerely for the great honour they have done me. It is an honour so great that even yet it is difficult for me to believe that it is true. Ernest Walton More Quotes by Ernest Walton More Quotes From Ernest Walton The discovery that light elements could be disintegrated by artificially accelerated particles gave an additional impetus to development work on the various methods of producing them. Ernest Walton development light work discovery Particles were coming out of the lithium, hitting the screen, and producing scintillations. They looked like stars suddenly appearing and disappearing. Ernest Walton coming out like stars As the size of cyclotrons increases and faster particles are produced, a difficulty arises due to the relativistic increase of mass of the particle. Ernest Walton size difficulty mass faster A linear accelerator has the advantage that no magnet is required and that its cost should not rise much more steeply than with the energy of the particles required. Ernest Walton rise more advantage energy The high esteem in which the Nobel Prizes are held is undoubtedly due to the conscientious way in which the Committees have discharged a heavy responsibility. Ernest Walton which high responsibility way
