It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without such endeavors and the evolution of associated instrumentation, initially of purely scientific interest, most of the… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
Things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs. — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
Essentially all civilizations that rose to the level of possessing an urban culture had need for two forms of science-related technology, namely, mathematics for… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
Individual curiosity, often working without practical ends in mind, has always been a driving force for innovation. — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
In my more than 60 years as a member of the American scientific community, including service as president of both the National Academy of… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
But more than 15 sections in Chapter 8 of the report-the key chapter setting out the scientific evidence for and against a human influence… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
The trouble is that you won't get the scientists to agree on a course of action. It is almost instinctive in science to accept… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe....It is foolish to do… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons… — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe.... — Frederick Seitz Copy Share Image