Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely read more

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.

But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles read more

But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

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.

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.

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

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.