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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying read more
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power read more
Men who accomplish great things in the industrial world are the ones who have faith in the money producing power of ideas.
An idea is the only level which moves the world.
An idea is the only level which moves the world.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground read more
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins read more
Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are read more
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because read more
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.
Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked.
