Point of view Quote by Marie Curie

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of…

— Marie Curie

When radium was discovered, no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is…

— Marie Curie

Scientific discovery is a private event, and the delight that accompanies it, or the despair of finding it illusory, does not travel. One scientist…

— Peter Medawar

Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value.

— John A. McDougall

The most remarkable discovery made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting and of…

— Jacob Bronowski

Nothing that you do in science is guaranteed to result in benefits for mankind. Any discovery, I believe, is morally neutral and it can…

— Arthur William Galston

Scientific discovery consists in the interpretation for our own convenience of a system of existence which has been made with no eye to our…

— Norbert Wiener

The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know what science is. A…

— Frederick Soddy

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

— Bill Bryson

“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

The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists is science itself. The discovery must be compared in importance with the invention of cave-painting and…

— Jacob Bronowski

Moreover, the works already known are due to chance and experiment rather than to sciences; for the sciences we now possess are merely systems…

— Francis Bacon