Edward Mills Purcell

1912–1997 · American physicist

Topics: physics

• Motion at low Reynolds number is very majestic, slow, and regular.

  — Edward Mills Purcell

• It is an old story in physics that higher resolving power leads to new effects.

  — Edward Mills Purcell

• I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it.

  — Edward Mills Purcell