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Malcolm Campbell
(11 Mar 1885 - 31 Dec 1948)
English car racing driver who set world speed records on both land and water. His record-breaking vehicles were each known as Bluebird.
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Science Quotes by Malcolm Campbell (1 quote)
This car of mine, I am tickled to death with it. The machine is nearly everything, its power, stability and balance. The driver, allowing for his experience and courage, is much less.
[Referring to the Bluebird racing car in which he broke the speed record on 5 Feb 1931.]
[Referring to the Bluebird racing car in which he broke the speed record on 5 Feb 1931.]
— Malcolm Campbell
Quoted in 'Campbell Drive Auto 245 Miles an Hour, Four Miles a Minute, a World Speed Record', New York Times (6 Feb 1931), 1.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
