Spectroscopy Quotes

The research included neutron resonance spectroscopy, the angular distribution of pion elastic and inelastic scattering on nuclei with optical model fitting. (James Rainwater)
This spectrum is of the type known in spectroscopy as a line-spectrum. Its appearance is that of a group of bright lines on a dark background, indicating that the radiation divides itself between a number of clearly defined frequencies, and that there is no radiation in between. Before Bohr's explanation appeared, these frequencies had been supposed to belong to some sort of vibration taking place in the hydrogen atom - like frequencies of the musical note which is heard when a bell or piano wire is made to vibrate. It now became clear that they had an entirely different origin. The energy exhibited in the spectrum was not liberated by a vibration, or any kind of continuous motion, but by the sudden jump of an electron to an orbit of lower energy, and its frequency was determined by the compulsion put upon it to form a single quantum. View quote
James Jeans
My monograph on visible spectroscopy using molecular orbital notations eventually resulted into a book in 1960. View quote
C. N. R. Rao
It's not very fun to do spectroscopy. View quote
Garik Israelian
Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of stairs. View quote
Francis Crick
When final contact was made, they would try to secure samples by drilling or laser spectroscopy. View quote
Arthur C. Clarke