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Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.
Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.
Science is nothing but perception.
Science is nothing but perception.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was.
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It read more
It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more
May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery. -Patrick Blackett.
What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.
What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.
I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black read more
I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black mistake.