--- title: "5 Physical Scientist Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 Physical Scientist quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Physical Scientist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/james-gleick-2623_children_children-and-scientists-share-an-outlook_172718.jpg" --- > [Children and scientists share an outlook on life. If I do this, what will happen? is both the motto of the child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/children-and-scientists-share-an-outlook-on-life-if-i-do-this-what/) [James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/james-gleick-2623_children_children-and-scientists-share-an-outlook_172718.jpg) > [It is relatively unusual that a physical scientist is truly an atheist. Why is this true? Some point to the anthropic constraints,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-f-schaefer-iii/it-is-relatively-unusual-that-a-physical-scientist-is-truly-an/) [Henry F. Schaefer, III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-f-schaefer-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/774/henry-f-schaefer-iii-71007_atheism_it-is-relatively-unusual-that-a-physical_1868890.jpg) > [It is clear that everybody interested in science must be interested in world 3 objects. A physical scientist, to start with, may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/it-is-clear-that-everybody-interested-in-science-must-be-interested/) [Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56d/karl-popper-2167_clear_it-is-clear-that-everybody-interested-in_2435936.jpg) > [Children and scientists share an outlook on life. 'If I do this, what will happen?' is both the motto of the child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/children-and-scientists-share-an-outlook-on-life-if-i-do-this-what-2/) [James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/james-gleick-2623_both_children-and-scientists-share-an-outlook_2540379.jpg) > [Scientific wealth tends to accumulate according to the law of compound interest. Every addition to knowledge of the properties of matter supplies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-kelvin/scientific-wealth-tends-to-accumulate-according-to-the-law-of/) [Lord Kelvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-kelvin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/lord-kelvin-10819_accumulation_scientific-wealth-tends-to-accumulate-ac_2751079.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/physical-scientist/#itemlist", "name": "Physical Scientist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Children and scientists share an outlook on life. If I do this, what will happen? is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist. ... 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