“Life as observed only from the scientific point of view is bare abstraction; it is not concrete life; nor is life as… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
Descriptive geometry has two objects: the first is to establish methods to represent on drawing paper which has only two dimensions,-namely, length… — Gaspard Monge Copy Share Image
Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Science and technology were often used by [the magician of old], even before they came into the marketplace on a mass basis.… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
There is a growing scientific consensus that animals have emotions and feel pain. This awareness is going to effect change: better treatment… — April Gornik Copy Share Image
“All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science. But that passion… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“If these d'Herelle bodies were really genes, fundamentally like our chromosome genes, they would give us an utterly new angle from which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From inability to let well alone; from too much zeal for the new and contempt for what is old; from putting knowledge… — Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy;… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I guess...on one hand, I spent way too much time watching science fiction and reading science fiction when I was growing up.… — Moby Copy Share Image
The general public doesn't know and probably doesn't care about punctuated equilibria nor indeed should they, or the greenhouse effect on some… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
“Even in the physical world, all that cannot be caught in the net of modern science is collectively neglected, and its nonexistence… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
“Kant is sometimes considered to be an advocate of reason. Kant was in favor of science, it is argued. He emphasized the… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
“Unlike the laws of reality that scientist describe in complex mathematical equations, the laws that govern human behavior are imprecise and in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“In many species, males pay for sex. For example, among black ticked hanging flies, an amorous male will present a female with… — Steve Stewart-Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm the same scientist I was back when I couldn't get a grant. Now I'm that same person thinking… — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
It is impossible to repristinate a past world picture by sheer resolve, especially a mythical world picture, now that all of our… — Rudolf Bultmann Copy Share Image
“Future generations will probably be able to enlighten us on this very interesting subject, and then science itself—with all due respect—may reach… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not welcome...… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
“The business of scepticism is to be dangerous. Scepticism challenges established institutions. If we teach everybody, including, say, high school students, habits… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“People who are dependent are merely using alcohol as a crutch to get through the day. Yet doctors and scientists are still… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama,… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
Great inventions are never, and great discoveries are seldom, the work of any one mind. Every great invention is really an aggregation… — Robert Henry Thurston Copy Share Image
I had two competing ambitions when I was a child: I wanted to be a Scientist and Discover Great Things, but I… — Suw Charman-Anderson Copy Share Image
Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp intuitively, things… — Guy Consolmagno Copy Share Image
I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
“The first scientist to contemplate the significance of places where things apparently cease to exist or become infinite ('singularities' that we would… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
It's a fallacy, long rebuffed by science, that humans use only about 10% of their brainpower. But it is true about most… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
In preparing the present volume, it has been the aim of the author to do full justice to the ample material at… — Othniel Charles Marsh Copy Share Image
“When I was in school I studied biology. I learned that in making their experiments scientists will take some group--bacteria, mice, people--and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
The oil industry is a stunning example of how science, technology, and mass production can divert an entire group of companies from… — Theodore Levitt Copy Share Image
...contemporary physicists come in two varieties. Type 1 physicists are bothered by EPR and Bell's Theorem. Type 2 (the majority) are not,… — David Mermin Copy Share Image
The account he gives of nurses beats everything that even I know of. This young prophet says that they are all drunkards,… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
“What do scientists mean when they talk of a virus? This is not quite so elementary as some people might believe. In… — Frank Ryan Copy Share Image
“Skeptical scientists often point out, as Carl Sagan has, that the wonders of real science far surpass the supposed wonders of fringe… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Evolution as described by Charles Darwin is an scientific theory, abundantly reconfirmed, explaining physical phenomena by physical causes. Intelligent Design is a… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to recognize that research is our seed corn. It's a national security priority. It's not just a… — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image