There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was 'style' and a result obtained with simple equipment was more elegant than one obtained with complicated apparatus, just as a mathematical proof derived neatly was better than one involving laborious calculations. 's first disintegration experiment, and 's discovery of the neutron had a 'style' that is different from that of experiments made with giant accelerators.