Errors Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The increasing technicality of the terminology employed is also a serious difficulty. It has become necessary to learn an extensive vocabulary before a book…

— Thomas George Bonney

“No writer in the world agonizes over words the way a scientist does. Terminology is everything: we identify something by its established name, describe…

— Hope Jahren

Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that…

— Michio Kaku

There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.

— Andrew Bird

“The use of method as the criterion of science abolishes theoretical relevance. As a consequence, all propositions concerning facts will be promoted to the…

— Eric Voegelin

There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.

— Anthony Standen

There is always the danger in scientific work that some word or phrase will be used by different authors to express so many ideas…

— Gilbert N. Lewis

The popularisation of scientific doctrines is producing as great an alteration in the mental state of society as the material applications of science are…

— James Clerk Maxwell

“Words lose their meaning when you look at them too long. ‘God.’ ‘Science.’ Meaning.”

— Mark Frost

That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

— Edward Abbey

“Scientists often invent words to fill the holes in their understanding. These words are meant as conveniences until real understanding can be found. Sometimes…

— Scott Adams