“I believe we have inherited a world of suffering that must be transcended through the development of pointed direction, fostering an evolution… — Albert Jackson Copy Share Image
“Interpretation of Complex Systems Kenyon B. De Greene All systems evolve, although the rates of evolution may vary over time both between… — L. Douglas Kiel Copy Share Image
“The funny thing is if in England, you ask a man in the street who the greatest living Darwinian is, he will… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
In the increasingly mechanized, automated, cybernated environment of the modern world a cold, bodiless world of wheels, smooth plastic surfaces, tubes, pushbuttons,… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
If it squirms, it's biology; if it stinks, it's chemistry; if it doesn't work, it's physics; and if you can't understand it,… — Magnus Pyke Copy Share Image
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“This was not an academic matter. Biology, as George Wald had said, was a unique science because it could not define its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
“In famine, a focus on women and children highlights biology: here is a mother who cannot feed her child, a breakdown in… — Sharman Apt Russell Copy Share Image
The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes,… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
“Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
“Evolution and genetics often seem to be an excuse for scientists and reporters to shut off their B.S. filters!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do… — Ronald Ross Copy Share Image
“I had long ago stopped believing in promises. Biological imperatives, yes. Environmental factors, yes. Promises, no.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Particularly women need to pay attention to what is unique to their own personal biology and emotional systems, and not deny it. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
My parents have always been incredibly supportive, driving me back and forth to Stratford and so on. They realised from an early… — Gwilym Lee Copy Share Image
Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“New religionists, such as Williams, Dawkins, and Wilson, regard people and all other organisms as the helpless puppets, tools, or vehicles, of… — David C. Stove Copy Share Image
Time and time again, truly basic studies of simple experimental organisms have proved directly relevant to human biology and human disease. An… — H. Robert Horvitz Copy Share Image
People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Thermodynamics, correctly interpreted, does not just allow Darwinian evolution; it favors it. — Ludwig Boltzmann Copy Share Image
The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image