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Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that read more
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the read more
A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, read more
There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed,
the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity
to comprehend the whole.
