“I knew about viscosity, but I’d heard about it in a course in physical chemistry, not in physics. Step by step, the questions I asked led me into the world of mechanical engineering. A reductionist path, yes, but a different… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“This book intends to make the case for explanation by reduction to physics and mechanical engineering, to this alternative realm of explanation: not to alternative explanations but to explanations of phenomena with which the biologist’s classical chemical reductionism just doesn’t… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“did of controlled burnings by the native population before the arrival of the first British explorers.29 And the history of that native population is… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“Electrons and photons are still worse. In graduate school I roomed for a time with a particle physicist. He ended one attempt to explain… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“I’m not even much of a gardener—my contribution to the family garden consists mainly of compost.” — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“the majority of our most serious environmental problems start right here, at home, and if we are to solve these problems, we need an… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“as I intend, you should begin to look with different eyes at your immediate surroundings, seeing not just leaves but yourself and everything around… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“I knew about viscosity, but I’d heard about it in a course in physical chemistry, not in physics. Step by step, the questions I… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“This book intends to make the case for explanation by reduction to physics and mechanical engineering, to this alternative realm of explanation: not to… — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“The search for predictive and explanatory general rules—that’s the crux of our game.” — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“Reductionism describes the scheme, and it has a long history of successes.” — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“Recognize, though, that graphs and equations provide an economical and effective way of expressing things that torture the tongue.” — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
“science isn’t about the things but about the relationships among the things.” — Steven Vogel Copy Share Image
