Show Young Men Set Records That Startled World World I Oliver Wendell Holmes the fa fa- famous famous poet was not riot tolerant of youth The youngsters who showed signs of accomplishing things were in his opinion conceited in the morning and sleepy in the afternoon Youth has confounded him bErn how how- however however however ever for tor it has more than held its own in discoveries that have brought progress to the world observes a writer in London Answers Maga Maga- zine zinc Dr Niels Bohr of Copenhagen was only 28 when he startled the scientific world by saying that the atom was a miniature solar system but but he was wa right In 1622 at the age of 37 he received the Nobel prize for tor the greatest discovery in physics the physics the youngest man ever to receive that coveted award Henry Mosely an Englishman was only 26 when he analyzed the elements by the reflection of X-rays X from their atoms He lie was killed two years later at Gallipoli one of the greatest losses of the war for noth noth- nothing nothIng nothing ing could recompense the world for forthe forthe forthe the loss of his brilliant brain Sir William Crookes was only three three- years when he found a anew anew anew new metal thallium by n a new meth meth- method od 00 the spectroscope Still another Briton Perkin was 18 when he be dis discovered covered the first aniline dye The celebrated Pasteur had hod Just turned 20 when he began experimenting with tartaric acid He lie solved his problem six years later and the whole world knows and has benefited from the result Sir Isaac Newton had hod worked out the binomial theorem the method of tangents differential and integral calculus and the law of gravitation before he was 24 In his own words word I was then in the prime of my age for tor invention Vant Hoff was a student of 22 when he published on an page 11 pamphlet pam pam- pamphlet entitled The Structure of the Atom In Space It provoked roars of laughter from older scientists who said he was crazy Vant Hoff smiled and before long investigations proved him correct The laugh laughter ter ceased censed and was replaced by somewhat sheepish grins partially hidden by gray beards Albert Einstein conceived his fa famous theory of relativity at the age of 18 18 and published it when he was 26 |