There is no question in my mind that we live in one of the truly bestial centuries in human history. There are… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
There is no question in my mind that we live in one of the truly bestial centuries in human history. There are plenty of… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality. — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?' — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
There are no such men today. We have created a mechanism that makes it practically impossible for a real genius to appear. In my… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
A scientific autobiography belongs to a most awkward literary genre. If the difficulties facing a man trying to record his life are great -… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
When the so-called think tanks began to replace the thought processes of human beings, I called them the aseptic tanks. — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
The narrow slit through which the scientist, if he wants to be successful, must view nature constructs, if this goes on for a long… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
You can stop splitting the atom; you can stop visiting the moon; you can stop using aerosols; you may even decide not to kill… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
The modern version of Buridan's ass [a figurative description of a man of indecision] has a Ph.D., but no time to grow up as… — Erwin Chargaff Copy Share Image
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