No single achievement in science is possible without the painstaking work of the many hundreds who have built the foundation on which… — Polykarp Kusch Copy Share Image
Science, like art, religion, political theory, or psychoanalysis - is work that holds out the promise of philosophic understanding, excites in us… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
Geoff Nelder's ARIA has the right stuff. He makes us ask the most important question in science fiction-the one about the true… — Brad Linaweaver Copy Share Image
Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive;… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in… — Ernest Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Science is a cosy, friendly club of specialists who follow their numerous different stars; it is proud and wonderfully productive but never… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“A true anecdote which illustrates his unworldly nature is of the instruction he received in 1922 to appear at Buckingham Palace to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is quite true that many scientists, many physicists, maintain that the physical constants, the half dozen or so numbers that physicists… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
That no generally applicable law of the formulation and development of hybrids has yet been successfully formulated can hardly astonish anyone who… — Gregor Mendel Copy Share Image
“Don't need reason to be kind (Sonnet 2933) Philosophies there are hundreds, school there is but one - life. Sciences there are… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Not one of them [formulae] can be shown to have any existence, so that the formula of one of the simplest of… — Alexander William Williamson Copy Share Image
On the terrace of the Pepiniere, the 150 pupils of the Institut Chemique talk chemistry as they leave the auditoria and the… — Victor Grignard Copy Share Image
Well, here’s a scientific question: Has anybody ever seen hard evidence? What we get is theories from our earlier prophets. Now, people… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Scientists tend to come in two stripes: those who have tremendous appetite and aptitude for the details, and those who illuminate the… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
“In times like these, when their fat little comforts are threatened, you may be sure that science is the first thing men… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People in science fiction flicks always seemed to know useful things about the places time travel took them. But what if the… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
“Predator and prey move in silent gestures, on the seductive dance of death, in the shadows cast by the vultures of the… — Luis Marques Copy Share Image
“Science and art,... they seek the truth and the meaning of life, they seek God, [and] the soul, and when they are… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said,… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
My efforts are focused on ensuring that CERN maintains a leading role in the fields of science, technology and education, and that… — Fabiola Gianotti Copy Share Image
I want to collect the entire range of scientific and educational literature and make it accessible to the whole world. Just like… — Alexandra Elbakyan Copy Share Image
The beauty of science and the nature of scientific revelations constitute part of the modern theologian's perspective and toolbox. — Joseph Silk Copy Share Image
Genetic engineering is a result of science advancement, so I don't think that in itself is bad. If used wisely, genetics can… — Hideo Kojima Copy Share Image
Science can give us knowledge, but it cannot give us wisdom. Nor can religion, until it puts aside nonsense and distraction and… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
“D. A., and Kahneman, D. (1998). Does living in California make people happy?: A focusing illusion in judgments of life satisfaction. Psychological Science, 9: 340–46.” — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
Fundamental research is needed to make progress, which you cannot do solely by copying others. If you only do applied research, you… — Francois Englert Copy Share Image
I was the kind of kid who liked omnivorously almost all kinds of science - rock collections, fossils - and I like… — Sandra Faber Copy Share Image
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
My father happened to be a doctor, and though I loved and idealized him privately, professionally I never had any use for… — Rudolph Valentino Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to… — Plato Copy Share Image
Television is just the wrong medium, at least in prime time, to teach science. I think it is hopeless if it insists… — Jeremy Bernstein Copy Share Image
It is proper to the role of the scientist that he not merely find new truth and communicate it to his fellows,… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“You only love when you love in vain. Try another radio probe when ten have failed, take two hundred rabbits when a… — Miroslav Holub Copy Share Image
“Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Our journeys to the stars will be made on spaceships created by determined, hardworking scientists and engineers applying the principles of science,… — Robert A. Baker Copy Share Image