Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuos development of new concepts. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Even the development of the steam engine owed but little to the advancement of science. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
The stumbling way in which even the ablest of the scientists in every generation have had to fight through thickets of erroneous… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Science is a dynamic undertaking directed to lowering the degree of the empiricism involved in solving problems; or, if you prefer, science… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Science emerges from the other progressive activities of man to the extent that new concepts arise from experiments and observations, and that… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
A conceptual scheme is never discarded merely because of a few stubborn facts with which it cannot be reconciled; a conceptual scheme… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
In every section of the entire area where the word science may properly be applied, the limiting factor is a human one.… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Therefore, a grotesque account of a period some thousands of years ago is taken seriously though it be built by piling special… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
There is only one proved method of assisting the advancement of pure science-that of picking men of genius, backing them heavily, and leaving them… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out. — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
A conceptual scheme is never discarded merely because of a few stubborn facts with which it cannot be reconciled; a conceptual scheme is either… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
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