When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a little irritation - 'In the field of observation in science, fortune only favours the prepared mind.'… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations, there is only one correct explanation. Also, science is value-free, as it explains the world as it is.… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
When it was suggested to Pasteur that many of his great achievements depended on luck, he replied - I'm sure with more than a… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
The physics of motion provides one of the clearest examples of the counter-intuitive and unexpected nature of science. — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
“Mania has been described as having a mystical quality, an example of which is described by the writer Theodore Roethke. One day he felt… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false. — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life. — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
Both Newton and Darwin were driven by the data and were forced to recognize that they couldn't explain everything. It may be a characteristic… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
I would teach the world that science is the best way to understand the world and that for any set of observations, there is… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
I regard it as ethically unacceptable and impractical to censor any aspect of trying to understand the nature of our world. — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
The image of the disinterested, dispassionate scientist is no less false than that of the mad scientist who is willing to destroy the world… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
Reliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. ... Dangers and ethical… — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
