Mr. Dalton's permanent reputation will rest upon his having discovered a simple principle, universally applicable to the facts of chemistry - in… — Humphry Davy Copy Share Image
But just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations of… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
[Newton wrote to Halley ... that he would not give Hooke any credit] That, alas, is vanity. You find it in so… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
[Kepler] had to realize clearly that logical-mathematical theoretizing, no matter how lucid, could not guarantee truth by itself; that the most beautiful… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The mission of NASA's Kepler telescope is to lift the scales from our eyes and reveal to us just how typical our… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“Kepler’s third or harmonic law states that the squares of the periods of the planets (the times for them to complete one… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“I esteem myself happy to have as great an ally as you in my search for truth. I will read your work… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
Kepler's discovery would not have been possible without the doctrine of conics. Now contemporaries of Kepler-such penetrating minds as Descartes and Pascal-were… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Lest we forget, the birth of modern physics and cosmology was achieved by Galileo, Kepler and Newton breaking free not from the… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
“My dear Kepler, I wish that we might laugh at the stupidity of the human herd. What do you have to say… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“Things that look like they were designed, probably were... If intelligence is an operative component of the universe, a science that methodologically… — Donald L. Ewert Copy Share Image
A taxonomy of abilities, like a taxonomy anywhere else in science, is apt to strike a certain type of impatient student as… — Raymond Cattell Copy Share Image
I do not think that G. H. Hardy was talking nonsense when he insisted that the mathematician was discovering rather than creating,… — Brand Blanshard Copy Share Image
Kepler's blown the lid off everything we know about extra-solar planets. — Debra Fischer Copy Share Image
“Kepler reportedly said, amid the massacres of religious wars, the laws of elliptical motion belong to no man or principality.’17 The same… — John Eliot Gardiner Copy Share Image
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
![“[Newton wrote to Halley ... that he would not give Hooke any credit] That, alas, is vanity. You find it in so many scientists. You know, it has always hurt me to think that Galileo did not acknowledge the work of Kepler.” quote by Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8d/albert-einstein-33_acknowledge_newton-wrote-to-halley-that-he-would-not_344363.jpg)
![“Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a person of independent genius, [but he] became interested in the action of the moon on the water, and in other occult phenomena, and similar childishness.” quote by Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/96d/galileo-galilei-2377_action_among-the-great-men-who-have-philosophiz_131150.jpg)
![“[Kepler] had to realize clearly that logical-mathematical theoretizing, no matter how lucid, could not guarantee truth by itself; that the most beautiful logical theory means nothing in natural science without comparison with the exactest experience. Without this philosophic attitude, his work…” quote by Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8b3/albert-einstein-33_attitude_kepler-had-to-realize-clearly-that-logic_1864705.jpg)
