Best John Desmond Bernal Quotes
- The very bulk of scientific publications is itself delusive. It is of very unequal value; a large proportion of it, possibly as much as three-quarters,… All
- Her [Rosalind Franklin] devotion to research showed itself at its finest in the last months of her life. Although stricken with an illness which she… Continued
- We are still too close to the birth of the universe to be certain about its death. Birth
- The region of the mysterious is rapidly shrinking. Inspirational
- Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or… Anticipation
- As experimentation becomes more complex, the need for the co-operation in it of technical elements from outside becomes greater and the modern laboratory tends increasingly… Becomes
- It is pretty clear that they are ineffective in stopping the course of thought at present, but they have not always been so in the… Been
- Marxists have some way of analyzing the development of affairs which enables them to judge far in advance of scientific thinkers what the trend of… Advance
- Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought… Affect
- Religious suffering is at once the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the… Condition
- We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the… Attempt