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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 and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality
To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature
belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute read more
To the natural philosopher, to whom the whole extent of nature
belongs, all the individual branches of science constitute the
links of an endless chain, from which not one can be detached
without destroying the harmony of the whole.
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.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a read more
I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.
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.
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
Science is nothing but perception.
Science is nothing but perception.
