Because Quote by David Gross

The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science…

— Karl Popper

History is as much an art as a science.

— Ernest Renan

The history of Science is not a mere record of isolated discoveries; it is a narrative of the conflict of two contending powers, the…

— John William Draper

Scientific progress is the discovery of a more and more comprehensive simplicity... The previous successes give us confidence in the future of science: we…

— Georges Lemaitre

Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order.

— Sydney Brenner

“The history of science is the back-and-forth movement of trial-and-error advances and retreats, punctuated by moments of brilliance and marred by periods of excess.”

— Robert A. Burton

History is a science, no more and no less.

— J. B. Bury

“The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science…

— Karl R. Popper

The fact that Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment, is nowhere better illustrated than in the two fields for slight…

— Robert Andrews Millikan

If all history is only an amplification of biography, the history of science may be most instructively read in the life and work of…

— Archibald Geikie

“...the progress of science depends much less upon either theoretical considerations or systematic investigation than is commonly believed, but rather on the transmittal of…

— Gene Wolfe

The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory. It makes you proud to be a human being.

— Karl Popper