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Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.
Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He read more
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his read more
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real read more
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.
Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as
evidence of a heightened read more
If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as
evidence of a heightened sensibility.
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
