Books Quote by Gilbert N. Lewis

“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

One of the principal obstacles to the rapid diffusion of a new idea lies in the difficulty of finding suitable expression to convey its…

— Arthur Schuster

Over the past fifty years or so, scientists have allowed the conventions of expression available to them to become entirely too confining, too confining.…

— David Mermin

It is often too easy to explain a novel idea to a few enlightened persons with a few words. But to enlighten about the…

— Anuj

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of…

— Joseph Addison

When an idea is not robust enough to stand expression in simple terms, it is a sign that it should be rejected.

— Luc de Clapiers

Those for whom words have lost their value are likely to find that ideas have also lost their value.

— Edwin Newman

To conceal a want of real ideas, many make for themselves an imposing apparatus of long compound words, intricate flourishes and phrases, new and…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

It is generally agreed by philosophers of science that important contributions which have a revolutionary impact on science are often methodologically inadequate, reveal many…

— Hans Eysenck

Often an idea has impact far larger than the person who originated it.

— Ramez Naam

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

— Bernard Baruch

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.

— Charles H. Townes