“We have such a terrible, terrible misconception of science. We think it involves the definite, the precise, the known; it is a… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The supposed astronomical proofs of the theory [of relativity], as cited and claimed by Einstein, do not exist. He is a confusionist.… — Charles Lane Poor Copy Share Image
Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the "Mona Lisa" painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say,… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
As physics students, we are taught that physicists are smart, that chemists are moderately acceptable, and that biologists are certainly not very… — James Rothman Copy Share Image
The scientist does not defy the universe. He accepts it. It is his dish to savor, his realm to explore; it is… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
If our brain is understanding some parts of the universe and not understanding other parts, and those understandings are about the laws… — Edward Boyden Copy Share Image
“I have a feeling," Harry said finally, "that we're coming at this from the wrong angle. There's a tale I once heard… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“It’s sometimes said that the greatest remaining scientific questions are: What caused the Big Bang? What is the grand unified theory that… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
It is rather fantastic to realize that the laws of physics can describe how everything was created in a random quantum fluctuation… — Alan Guth Copy Share Image
I recently forced myself to read a book on quantum physics, just to try and learn something new. I was confused by… — Stephan Pastis Copy Share Image
Part of what's mesmerizing about 'The Mechanics of History' is its physical eloquence - how dancerly it is. The men don't fall;… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
The multiverse as a real physical construct within physics overlapping with a more mystical understanding of many possible worlds - the notion… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science fiction - and the correct shortcut is 'sf' - uses actual scientific facts or theories for the source ideas or framework… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“We must realize that growth is but an adolescent phase of life which stops when physical maturity is reached. If growth continues… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A physicist, an engineer and a psychologist are called in as consultants to a dairy farm whose production has been below par.… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
The universe does not exist 'out there,' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be… — John P. Wheeler III Copy Share Image
The scientists who made the atomic bomb are, in my sense, people with a tragic destiny. You know, there was the US… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image