America Quote by Richard Lewontin

The science world has no such coherence, cohesion or cooperation. It's a bunch of academics who were raised on the idea of communication being…

— Randy Olson

There is not a soul on Earth who can read the deluge of physics publications in its entirety. As a result, it is sad…

— Abraham Pais

Physicists can only talk to other physicists and economists to economists... sociologists often cannot even understand each other.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Physics is perceived as a lonesome, nerdy kind of enterprise that has very little to do with human feelings and the things that excite…

— Leonard Susskind

Scientists tend to resist interdisciplinary inquiries into their own territory. In many instances, such parochialism is founded on the fear that intrusion from other…

— Hannes Alfven

“Ethnocentrism, xenophobia and nationalism are these days rife in many parts of the world. Government repression of unpopular views is still widespread. False or…

— Carl Sagan

The humanities have been forced to disguise, both from themselves and their students, why their subjects really matter, for the sake of attracting money…

— Alain de Botton

Physicists only talk to physicists, economists to economists-worse still, nuclear physicists only talk to nuclear physicists and econometricians to econometricians. One wonders sometimes if…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Science itself is badly in need of integration and unification. The tendency is more and more the other way ... Only the graduate student,…

— Isidor Isaac Rabi

Physicists have a bias to aspire to be "seers" like Einstein rather than "craftspeople" who do simple and practical research. I have seen that…

— Robert J. Shiller

Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

— Jay Griffiths

Now in the 21st century, the boundaries separating chemistry, physics, and medicine have become blurred, and as happened during the Renaissance, scientists are following…

— Peter Agre