Scientific Quotes

1781 Scientific quotes by 1069 unique authors

Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which the… — Polykarp Kusch
It is my sincere hope that Christopher Bryson's apparently thorough and comprehensive perusal of the scientific literature on the biological actions of fluoride and the… — Arvid Carlsson
Small-scale fisheries should not be favoured over large-scale operations ebcause of romantic notions of rugged small operators battling both the elements and anonymous corporations. [They… — Daniel Pauly
Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible. — Peter D. Mitchell
The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying… — Peter D. Mitchell
Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history. — David Douglass
It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves out… — David Douglass
The careful scholarship of the dedicated amateur mycophile R. Gordon Wasson reads like an exciting scientific detective story. Moreover, his willingness to pursue the quest… — Weston La Barre
We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and… — Kenichi Fukui
Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem. — Paul Nurse
Every discipline develops standards of professional competence to which its workers are subject... Every scientific community is a society in the small, so to speak,… — Abraham Kaplan
Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes are 'signs of… — Frank H. T. Rhodes
Scientific physiology has the task of determining the functions of the animal body and deriving them as a necessary consequence from its elementary conditions. — Carl Ludwig
I have seen many phases of life; I have moved in imperial circles, I have been a Minister of State; but if I had to… — Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Cancer begins and ends with people. In the midst of scientific abstraction, it is sometimes possible to forget this one basic fact. Doctors treat diseases… — June Goodfield
The Hubble Law is one of the great discoveries in science; it is one of the main supports of the scientific story of Genesis. — Robert Jastrow
The scientific facts indicate that all the temperature changes observed in the last 100 years were largely natural changes and were not caused by carbon… — Robert Jastrow
In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world… — Robert B. Laughlin
Not that chance dominated events in the early Solar System, for scientific determinism was also functioning. But chance is an essential factor in all evolutionary… — Eric Chaisson
By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story-a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic… — Hugo Gernsback
Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in themid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis… — George Mikes
The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments. — Peter Singer
It is an essential part of the scientific enterprise to admit ignorance, even to exult in ignorance as a challenge to future conquests. — Richard Dawkins
It did not take long after the rise of the commercial printing press before someone figured out that erotic novels were a good idea. ...… — Clay Shirky
At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the… — William John Wills

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