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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?
O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,
There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,
Science is organised knowledge.
Science is organised knowledge.
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.
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.
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them read more
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all--the apathy of human beings.
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to read more
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.
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.