Contributions Quote by Charles H. Townes

Great scientific contributions have been techniques.

— B. F. Skinner

For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking,…

— Jim Al-Khalili

We scientists have fantasies of being uniquely qualified to make great discoveries. Alas, reality is cruel: most of us are replaceable. For the vast…

— Jared Diamond

I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable…

— Anonymous

Most achievements in science are to a certain degree group efforts.

— Willard Libby

It is generally agreed by philosophers of science that important contributions which have a revolutionary impact on science are often methodologically inadequate, reveal many…

— Hans Eysenck

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

— Paul Dirac

Recognition by one's peers is the goal of every scientist.

— Moshe Vardi

Scientific achievements seem evanescent, because the very progress of science causes their supersedure; yet some of them are of so fundamental a nature that…

— George Sarton

Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that…

— Ahmed H. Zewail

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of…

— Peter Agre

I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual…

— Derek Barton