Form Quote by George Sarton

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

Historians of a generation ago were often shocked by the violence with which scientists rejected the history of their own subject as irrelevant; they…

— I. Bernard Cohen

“Science is no inexorable march to truth, mediated by the collection of objective information and the destruction of ancient superstition. Scientists, as ordinary human…

— Stephen Jay Gould

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

— Karl Popper

The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.

— Kedar Joshi

The natural history of science is the study of the unknown. If you fear it you're not going to study it and you're not…

— Michael E. DeBakey

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

— Jared Diamond

“We have been warned frequently about the dangers of science without ethics, but history without ethics poses a similar threat. Too often are events…

— Criss Jami

History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.

— Phyllis McGinley

Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.

— Max Born

History is a science, no more and no less.

— J. B. Bury

The history of science can be viewed as the recasting of phenomena that were once thought to be accidents as phenomena that can be…

— Alan Lightman