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Quote for Sept. 23, 2010: Robert Millikan, Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1923

<p>&quot;There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.&quot; -- Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and Nobel laureate, 1923.</p>

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." -- Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and Nobel laureate, 1923..

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Image of Robert Andrews Millikan courtesy of Nobelprize.org. Photo illustration courtesy of The Climate Group.

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