--- title: "23 Popular Science Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 23 Popular Science quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Popular Science sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/maria-mitchell-10880_absurdity_the-phrase-popular-science-has-in-itself_591834.jpg" --- > [The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-mitchell/the-phrase-popular-science-has-in-itself-a-touch-of-absurdity-that/) [Maria Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87c/maria-mitchell-10880_absurdity_the-phrase-popular-science-has-in-itself_591834.jpg) > [Brain science will be the most popular science of the early twenty-first century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-hacking/brain-science-will-be-the-most-popular-science-of-the-early-twenty/) [Ian Hacking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-hacking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/ian-hacking-9085_brain_brain-science-will-be-the-most-popular-s_1087858.jpg) > [We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-van-allen/we-had-an-erector-set-and-i-was-an-avid-fan-of-popular-mechanics-and/) [James Van Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-van-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/james-van-allen-39189_avid_we-had-an-erector-set-and-i-was-an-avid_1653480.png) > [From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/from-the-age-of-13-i-was-attracted-to-physics-and-mathematics-my-2/) [David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/david-gross-23995_age_from-the-age-of-13-i-was-attracted-to-ph_1775876.jpg) > [I'd love to present a popular science programme because it's something I feel very passionate about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-riley/i-d-love-to-present-a-popular-science-programme-because-it-s/) [Rachel Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-riley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/rachel-riley-5537_feel_i-d-love-to-present-a-popular-science-pr_2104253.jpg) > [“The notion of Local Inertial Frame is crucial to understanding Nature and, in particular, General Relativity. Notwithstanding, very few popular science books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-alba-juez/the-notion-of-local-inertial-frame-is-crucial-to-understanding-nature/) [Felix Alba-Juez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-alba-juez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/felix-alba-juez-19702_general-relativity_the-notion-of-local-inertial-frame-is-cr_2473169.jpg) > [Students of popular science... are always insisting that Christianity and Buddhism are very much alike, especially Buddhism. This is generally believed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/students-of-popular-science-are-always-insisting-that-christianity/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_argument_students-of-popular-science-are-always-i_1082393.png) > [I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-coleman/i-read-popular-mechanics-popular-science-reader-s-digest-i-read-some/) [Gary Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-coleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/gary-coleman-22030_books_i-read-popular-mechanics-popular-science_47712.jpg) > [When I was acting, as a hobby, I would devour popular science books and keep up-to-date about what was going on in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-campbell/when-i-was-acting-as-a-hobby-i-would-devour-popular-science-books-and/) [Dallas Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/dallas-campbell-25151_acting_when-i-was-acting-as-a-hobby-i-would-dev_1435872.jpg) > [I was never exposed as a kid to any real science. I read the occasional popular science book, and I loved Mechanics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-peebles/i-was-never-exposed-as-a-kid-to-any-real-science-i-read-the/) [Jim Peebles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-peebles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/jim-peebles-13204_accident_i-was-never-exposed-as-a-kid-to-any-real_1381336.jpg) > [I kept thinking, I'm not going to do political journalism, because there's no way to keep my principles and be a political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masha-gessen/i-kept-thinking-i-m-not-going-to-do-political-journalism-because/) [Masha Gessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masha-gessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/masha-gessen-2322_integrity_i-kept-thinking-i-m-not-going-to-do-poli_2458497.jpg) > [Stuart Clark's The Sun Kings is undoubtedly the most gripping and brilliant popular-science history account that I have ever read. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-gingerich/stuart-clark-s-the-sun-kings-is-undoubtedly-the-most-gripping-and/) [Owen Gingerich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-gingerich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/owen-gingerich-55430_ability_stuart-clark-s-the-sun-kings-is-undoubte_1999104.png) > [“The biggest difference between a young child acquiring a first language and an older child acquiring a second language is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-biggest-difference-between-a-young-child-acquiring-a-first/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/anonymous-1_children_the-biggest-difference-between-a-young-c_895052.jpg) > [“At best he read popular science magazines like the Scientific American he had now, to keep himself up-to-date, in layman's terms, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/at-best-he-read-popular-science-magazines-like-the-scientific/) [Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/ian-mcewan-494_ego_at-best-he-read-popular-science-magazine_2541133.png) > [“It is worth noting that a wrong folkoric definition of an Inertial Frame in the Popular Science literature (even in text books)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-alba-juez/it-is-worth-noting-that-a-wrong-folkoric-definition-of-an-inertial/) [Felix Alba-Juez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-alba-juez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/felix-alba-juez-19702_books_it-is-worth-noting-that-a-wrong-folkoric_437129.jpg) > [Originating with such figures as T. H. Huxley, who sought to bring Darwin's ideas to the masses, the popular science genre moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-di-filippo/originating-with-such-figures-as-t-h-huxley-who-sought-to-bring/) [Paul Di Filippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-di-filippo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/paul-di-filippo-9923_accelerate_originating-with-such-figures-as-t-h-hux_1723655.jpg) > [“Julia used to say, 'Poor Sebastian. It's something chemical in him.' That was the cant phrase of the time, derived from heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/julia-used-to-say-poor-sebastian-it-s-something-chemical-in-him-that/) [Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/evelyn-waugh-850_science_julia-used-to-say-poor-sebastian-it-s-so_1761203.png) > [“In the twentieth century nothing can better cure the anthropocentrism that is the author of all our ills than to cast ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/in-the-twentieth-century-nothing-can-better-cure-the-anthropocentrism/) [Julio Cortázar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-cort-zar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/julio-cort-zar-698_20th-century_in-the-twentieth-century-nothing-can-bet_324358.png) > [“From the age of 13, I was attracted to physics and mathematics. My interest in these subjects derived mostly from popular science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gross/from-the-age-of-13-i-was-attracted-to-physics-and-mathematics-my/) [David Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/david-gross-23995_math_from-the-age-of-13-i-was-attracted-to-ph_1207124.jpg) > [“Religious creeds are a great obstacle to any full sympathy between the outlook of the scientist and the outlook which religion is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-stanley-eddington/religious-creeds-are-a-great-obstacle-to-any-full-sympathy-between/) [Arthur Stanley Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-stanley-eddington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/arthur-stanley-eddington-20703_creeds_religious-creeds-are-a-great-obstacle-to_2116209.jpg) > [I specialize in science and history, with a special emphasis on including do-it-yourself projects in the mix. My dozen or so books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gurstelle/i-specialize-in-science-and-history-with-a-special-emphasis-on/) [William Gurstelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gurstelle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/william-gurstelle-22304_book_i-specialize-in-science-and-history-with_699742.jpg) > [I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-fillion/i-ve-got-a-full-plate-yes-i-do-that-ipod-that-s-nice-a-phone-recorder/) [Nathan Fillion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-fillion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/nathan-fillion-3284_done_i-ve-got-a-full-plate-yes-i-do-that-ipod_2464801.jpg) > [On the day he unveiled the Macintosh, a reporter from Popular Science asked Jobs what type of market research he had done.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/on-the-day-he-unveiled-the-macintosh-a-reporter-from-popular-science/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/walter-isaacson-384_bells_on-the-day-he-unveiled-the-macintosh-a-r_2365257.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/popular-science/#itemlist", "name": "Popular Science Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. 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