Point of view Quote by Carlo Rovelli Download Open image ““Science is about reading the world from a gradually widening point of view.”” — Carlo Rovelli ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Point of view Science
“So much science has at its root the ability to see afresh what has been seen and thought to be understood for centuries.” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“[...] science carries us towards an understanding of how the world is, rather than how we would wish it to be [...]” — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Science is a broad church full of narrow minds, trained to know ever more about even less.” — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
“Science is not separate from politics. As much as I would like it to be a pure thing, existing only in some intellectual realm… — Marie Brennan Copy Share Image
“In its encounter with Nature, science invariably elicits a sense of reverence and awe. The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos. And the cumulative worldwide build-up of knowledge over time converts science into something only a little short of a trans-national, trans-generational meta-mind.” — Carl Sagan Copy Share
“as I intend, you should begin to look with different eyes at your immediate surroundings, seeing not just leaves but yourself and everything around you as reflections of the physical situation here on solar planet number four. Too often we imagine science as a body of facts, growing breakthrough by breakthrough the way a pile of pancakes rises as each… — Steven Vogel Copy Share
“In a technological world facing many global problems, everyone needs to have a basic understanding of science. And knowing where we came from and… — Wyken Seagrave Copy Share Image
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“[T]he nature of science is not that of a steady, linear progression toward the Truth, but rather a tortuous road, often characterized by dead… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“It must not be claimed that anyone can sense time by itself apart from the movement of things. LUCRETIUS, De rerum natura1” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“The world of quantum mechanics is not a world of objects: it is a world of events.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“the particles are quanta of quantum fields; light is formed by quanta of a field; space is nothing more than a field, which is… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“The difference between past and future exists only when there is heat. The fundamental phenomenon that distinguishes the future from the past is the… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
Rationality and the instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will lead us to a planet without countries, without wars, without patriotism, without religions, without poverty, where we will be able to share the world. Actually, maybe I am not sure I truly believe that I believe this, but… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share
“There is a feeling of deep universalism, in the wake of the splendid words of Democritus: “To a wise man, the whole earth is… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we are always ready to improve our knowledge. Therefore a good scientist is never ‘certain’. Lack of certainty is precisely what makes conclusions more reliable than the conclusions of those who are certain: because the good scientist… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share
“Space is a spin network whose nodes represent its elementary grains, and whose links describe their proximity relations. Spacetime” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“Every cubic centimeter of space, and every second that passes, is the result of this dancing foam of extremely small quanta.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“Space is created by the interaction of individual quanta of gravity.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“The quanta of gravity, that is, are not in space; they are themselves space. The” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could, and still things get worse in Tibet." If you look at it from one point of view, as he himself says, his monastic position of forbearance and nonviolence hasn't reaped any benefits. And yet, he's thinking… — Pico Iyer Copy Share
History is a certain way, but you just change the point of view a little bit, and you discover a whole new side of… — Allison Schroeder Copy Share Image
I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory. — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
When you are writing for an artist you are trying to get into that artist's point of view. What does that artist want to… — Frank Wildhorn Copy Share Image
Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be… — Michael Eisner Copy Share Image
Donald Trump doesn't necessarily stay mad for very long. He's a transactional guy. If you can offer him something, he will take it. Or… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
The thing I try to tell people who are just starting in the business is to listen to yourself, trust yourself, and be kind… — Jessie Mueller Copy Share Image
Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view,… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
At some point, you have to disconnect, if the obsession with playing a real person gets in the way of the movie at large. At the same time, we're all interested, as actors in trying to get as close to the real thing as we can, and whatever you can do in order to create that transformation feels fun and,… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share