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Science Quotes by Frederick Seitz
- The trouble is that you won't get the scientists to agree on a course of action. It is almost instinctive in science to accept contrary…
- Essentially all civilizations that rose to the level of possessing an urban culture had need for two forms of science-related technology, namely, mathematics for land…
- It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without such…
- Individual curiosity, often working without practical ends in mind, has always been a driving force for innovation.
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