I count Maxwell and Einstein, Eddington and Dirac, among "real" mathematicians. The great modern achievements of applied mathematics have been in relativity… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
“Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we… — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“It is to these two discoveries by Bradley that we owe the exactness of modern astronomy. … This double service assures to… — Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre Copy Share Image
“He caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare, and obstinate decency which will make writers or… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
“It requires an act of extreme arrogance to think that we can - through God or science - learn even the most… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
It is very important to be aware that you may never be satistied with your analytic career if you feel that you… — Wilfred Bion Copy Share Image
We have a habit of turning to scientists when we want factual answers and artists when we want entertainment, but where are… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
...the life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet. The oxygen… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
You bring me the deepest joy that can be felt by a man whose invincible belief is that Science and Peace will… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
Social scientists could supply plenty of research to show that one member of the family, at least, is happier and more well… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If complex organisms demand an explanation, so does a complex designer. And it's no solution to raise the theologian's plea that God… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Of course it would be great to have more scientists in Congress. But what I'd love is to have another Lyndon Johnson… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It's about… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
“For those who are not familiar with 'the Saturnian configuration', the theory, bizarre in the extreme, can be reduced to its simplest… — Dwardu Cardona Copy Share Image
“Proponents of the "we're all one race," swill took another hit recently when scientists revealed that bananas share about 50% of the… — H. Millard Copy Share Image
The story is told of Lord Kelvin, a famous Scotch physicist of the last century, that after he had given a lecture… — Arthur Compton Copy Share Image
NI love watching science fiction because I feel like when it's done well, it's not just monsters, but philosophy. Really good science… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I am working in my office. I've got a boss who tells me what to do. He's got a boss who tells… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky Copy Share Image
As we conquer peak after peak we see in front of us regions full of interest and beauty, but we do not… — Joseph John Thomson Copy Share Image
“The revolution of science that Newton single-handedly achieved in Principia was primarily that the laws of motion and gravity, and the nature… — David Flynn Copy Share Image
“If we wish to do justice to the historical enterprise, we must take past for what it was. And that means that… — David C. Lindberg Copy Share Image
By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, today in Germany I am called a German man… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything. For anyone who had ever experienced… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Every time I write an article pointing out there is no scientific consensus on the extent of man-made - as opposed to… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately,… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“In fact, certainty exists in very different modes. The kind of certainty afforded by a verification that has passed through doubt is… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“People are not relativistic when it comes to matters of science, engineering, and technology; rather, they are relativistic and pluralistic in matters… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There are people from lots of different fields in my department. In my lab, they come from computer science, education, psychophysics, psychology,… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I have a peculiar theory about radium, and I believe it is the correct one. I believe that there is some mysterious… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Before that I was a scientist. I did research in population biology. And that's what I always go back to, it helps… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
With every throb of the climatic pulse which we have felt in Central Asia,, the centre of civilisation has moved this way… — Ellsworth Huntington Copy Share Image
For a long time the objects that mathematicians dealt with were mostly ill-defined; one believed one knew them, but one represented them… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
I am most proud about the science I've done with my own two hands because I have always thought that even if… — Gustav Nossal Copy Share Image
“Today the most civilized countries of the world spend a maximum of their income on war and a minimum on education. The… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“Since 1849 I have studied incessantly, under all its aspects, a question which was already in my mind since 1832. I confess… — Ferdinand de Lesseps Copy Share Image
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