Changi became my university instead of my prison. Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life - the high… — James Clavell Copy Share Image
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It seemed, indeed, that the study of light-scattering might carry one into the deepest problems of physics and chemistry, and it was… — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
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My training in science is actually one that is very critical of mechanistic science. I was trained in quantum theory which emerged… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
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The primary consequence of the computational nature of the universe is that the universe naturally generates complex systems, such as life. Although… — Seth Lloyd Copy Share Image
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Our acceptance of an ontology is, I think, similar in principle to our acceptance of a scientific theory, say a system of… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
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Science may be weird and incomprehensible--more weird and less comprehensible than any theology--but science works. It gets results. It can fly you… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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We are today beginning to see work by very reputable scientists that says the universe is created by our observations. It is… — Bruce H. Lipton Copy Share Image
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My undergraduate degree was in history, and I wish I had been smart enough to really excel at maths, physics, chemistry or… — Michael Moritz Copy Share Image
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Certainly to me it has been valuable to have to think through the basics of physics in order to present them in… — Jim Peebles Copy Share Image
This tremendous friction which cannot, as in mechanics, be reduced to a few points, is everywhere in contact with chance, and brings… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Physiology is the science which treats of the properties of organic bodies, animal and vegetable, of the phenomena they present, and of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“Scientists study only those aspects of the universe that it is within their gift to study: what is observable; what is measurable… — Colin Tudge Copy Share Image
Black holes are very exotic objects. Technically, a black hole puts a huge amount of mass inside of zero volume. So our… — Andrea M. Ghez Copy Share Image
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