"The real value of science is in the……" — Frederick Soddy
"The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know what science is. A problem solved is dead. A world without problems to be solved would be devoid of science."
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Frederick Soddy
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34 Quotes by Frederick Soddy
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Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally,…
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But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.
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The fact remains that, if the supply of energy failed, modern civilization would come to an end as abruptly as…
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For a modern ruler the laws of conservation and transformation of energy, when the vivifing stream takes its source, the…
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Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But…
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The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content…
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The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy
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