“How did his window crack the steering wheel?” Aiden asked at the same time. I sank down into the mattress, choosing to… — Carrie Butler Copy Share Image
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I, as a storyteller, was asking questions no one in science had apparently asked. What happens in a nest of tyrannosaurs? They're… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
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Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts. Others are simply in the position of requiring more information;… — Frank P. Ramsey Copy Share Image
“With the growth of civilisation in Europe, and with the revival of letters and of science in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries,… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who… — John Milton Copy Share Image
I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed… — Hans Selye Copy Share Image
“A simple intuition, a single observation, can open vistas of unimagined potential. Once caught in the web of an idea, the researcher… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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I really like the last three Luna records a whole lot, especially 'Penthouse.' I think of all the records I've done, that's… — Dean Wareham Copy Share Image
About two million years ago, man appeared. He has become the dominant species on the earth. All other living things, animal and… — George Wald Copy Share Image
The specific goals we set for ourselves are almost always subsidiary to our long range intentions. A good parent, a good neighbour,… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
Discovering traces of life on Mars would be of tremendous scientific significance: The first time that any signs of extraterrestrial life had… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
My origami creations, in accordance with the laws of nature, require the use of geometry, science, and physics. They also encompass religion,… — Akira Yoshizawa Copy Share Image
When asked ... [about] an underlying quantum world, Bohr would answer, 'There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
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Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
Textbook science is beautiful! Textbook science is comprehensible, unlike mere fascinating words that can never be truly beautiful. Elementary science textbooks describe… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting,… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
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The fundamental biological variant is DNA. That is why Mendel's definition of the gene as the unvarying bearer of hereditary traits, its… — Jacques Monod Copy Share Image
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[The original development of the Spinning Mule was a] continual endeavour to realise a more perfect principle of spinning; and though often… — Samuel Crompton Copy Share Image
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