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I therefore concluded, and decided unhesitatingly, that there are three stars in the heavens moving about Jupiter, as Venus and Mercury about the Sun; which… — Galileo Galilei
In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation. — Carl Linnaeus
In the great debates of early-nineteenth century geology, catastrophists followed the stereotypical method of objective science-empirical literalism. They believed what they saw, interpolated nothing, and… — Stephen Jay Gould
It is a common observation that a science first begins to be exact when it is quantitatively treated. What are called the exact sciences are… — Charles Sanders Peirce
It is a misfortune for a science to be born too late when the means of observation have become too perfect. That is what is… — Henri Poincare
Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science. — Claude Bernard
Round about the accredited and orderly facts of every science there ever floats a sort of dustcloud of exceptional observations, of occurrences minute and irregular… — Benoit Mandelbrot
Science emerges from the other progressive activities of man to the extent that new concepts arise from experiments and observations, and that the new concepts… — James Bryant Conant
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring… — Alexis Carrel
Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts as will… — Bertrand Russell
Since science's competence extends to observable and measurable phenomena, not to the inner being of things, and to the means, not to the ends of… — Jacques Maritain
The essential fact is that all the pictures which science now draws of nature, and which alone seem capable of according with observational facts, are… — James Jeans
The first man who said "fire burns" was employing scientific method, at any rate if he had allowed himself to be burnt several times. This… — Bertrand Russell
The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned his… — Robert Aris Willmott
The significance of a fact is relative to [the general body of scientific] knowledge. To say that a fact is significant in science, is to… — Bertrand Russell
The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now… — Robert Hooke
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in a parallel manner,… — William Stanley Jevons
Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy, and… — Vilfredo Pareto
My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to… — Wernher von Braun
No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts of… — Herbert Spencer
Science can tell us what exists; but to compare the worths, both of what exists and of what does not exist, we must consult not… — William James
Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes… — Max Wertheimer
To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot know all the facts since… — Henri Poincare
A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of… — Carl Sagan

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