Cambridge Quote by Bertrand Russell

“It was the engineer who determined what problems to investigate, designed the experiments, and defined the assignments for the mathematicians.”

— Margot Lee Shetterly

Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in…

— Richard Ernst

Men of learning began to set experiments aside...to form theories...and to substitute these in the place of experiments.

— John Wesley

The end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century were remarkable for the small amount of scientific movement going on in…

— John Herschel

The end of the eighteenth and the commencement of the nineteenth century are remarkable for the small amount of scientific movement going on in…

— John Herschel

This was what the universities were turning out nowadays. The science-is-a-sacred-cow boys. People who believe you could pour mankind into a test-tube and titrate…

— Frank M. Robinson

The pattern of things was that each of the research students would be doing some particular experiment on the accelerator, often involving the building…

— John Henry Carver

There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there…

— John Ashworth Ratcliffe

The negative cautions of science are never popular. If the experimentalist would not commit himself, the social philosopher, the preacher, and the pedagogue tried…

— Margaret Mead

During the century after Newton, it was still possible for a man of unusual attainments to master all fields of scientific knowledge. But by…

— Isaac Asimov

The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned…

— Robert Aris Willmott

If you go back to the 17th century, scientists generally weren't rewarded much at all for sharing discoveries, and as a result, they conducted…

— Michael Nielsen