"Mathematics is as little a science as grammar…" — Ernst Mayr

"Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language."

— Ernst Mayr

43 Quotes by Ernst Mayr

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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into…
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they…
I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.
On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as…
Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any…
Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population…
Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if…
According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms…
Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object…

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I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people… — Margaret Atwood
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. — Burt Bacharach
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four… — Dave Brubeck
It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific.… — Noam Chomsky
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. — Winston Churchill
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and… — Louis Aragon
It takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds.… — Ivan Illich
It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. — W. Somerset Maugham
We receive experience from nature in a series of messages. From these messages we extract a content of information: that… — Jacob Bronowski
The words are strung together, with their own special grammar-the laws of quantum theory-to form sentences, which are molecules. Soon… — Heinz Pagels
I'd like to say a few words about one of the most popular concepts in the modern education--show and tell.… — Robert Orben

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