Brother Quote by Augustus William Hare

“The revolution of science that Newton single-handedly achieved in Principia was primarily that the laws of motion and gravity, and the nature of space…

— David Flynn

Scientific wealth tends to accumulate according to the law of compound interest. Every addition to knowledge of the properties of matter supplies the physical…

— Lord Kelvin

The triumph of science has been mainly due to its practical utility, and there has been an attempt to divorce this aspect from that…

— Bertrand Russell

Science is practical philosophy.

— Rene Descartes

It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one…

— Colin Maclaurin

Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the wise use…

— Herbert J. Muller

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

— Jules Verne

I value science--none can prize it more, It gives ten thousand motives to adore: Be it religious, as it ought to be, The heart…

— Abraham Coles

I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual…

— Derek Barton

The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest power exercised in poetry;…

— Matthew Arnold

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries…

— Stephen Hawking

History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.

— Irving Langmuir