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The secret of science is to ask the right question, and it is the choice of problem more than anything read more
The secret of science is to ask the right question, and it is the choice of problem more than anything else that marks the man of genius in the scientific world.
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.
The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.
The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.
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.
In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million read more
In a manner which matches the fortuity, if not the consequence, of Archimedes' bath and Newton's apple, the 3.6 million year old fossil footprints were eventually noticed one evening in September 1976 by the paleontologist Andrew Hill, who fell while avoiding a ball of elephant dung hurled at him by the ecologist David Western.
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.
Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates read more
Anybody who has been seriously engaged is scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'.
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his read more
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
