Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties. — Edmund Beecher Wilson Copy Share Image
Science is incapable of supplying answers to ultimate questions about why things exist and what their purpose is. — Nicola Cabibbo Copy Share Image
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus Copy Share Image
“Cosmology is a science which has only a few observable facts to work with.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Even if ninety-nine percent of what you discover is later proven wrong, it is the one percent that is right that matters.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand,” said the scientist, “why you lemmings all rush down to the sea and drown yourselves.” “How curious,” said the… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
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The most humble research scientist in the Department of Agriculture is at this time contributing more to this country than the most… — Fiorello H. La Guardia Copy Share Image
I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction. — William Monahan Copy Share Image
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“think that scientific persons of the future will scoff at scientific persons of the present. They will scoff because scientific persons of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
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“[Concerning] phosphorescent bodies, and in particular to uranium salts whose phosphorescence has a very brief duration. With the double sulfate of uranium… — Antoine Henri Becquerel Copy Share Image
No scientist is admired for failing in the attempt to solve problems that lie beyond his competence. ... Good scientists study the… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
“Why is it that you guys are so conservative in your views, in the face of the almost complete lack of understanding… — Per Bak Copy Share Image
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold,… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
As I review the nature of the creative drive in the inventive scientists that have been around me, as well as in… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
![“[Concerning] phosphorescent bodies, and in particular to uranium salts whose phosphorescence has a very brief duration. With the double sulfate of uranium and potassium ... I was able to perform the following experiment: One wraps a Lumière photographic plate with a bromide emulsion in two sheets…” quote by Antoine Henri Becquerel](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/21e/antoine-henri-becquerel-162357_discovery-of-radioac_concerning-phosphorescent-bodies-and-in_633685.jpg)
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