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- Nov 07, 2020
Science Quotes
Science taken seriously, and occasionally not.
Most of these quotes come from people genuinely engaged with science, recalling museum trips that sparked early curiosity and admiring mathematics for tackling problems that actually have solutions. For quotes on scientific humor specifically, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that issues of gender have been discussed widely at Harvard. But I think I was chosen clearly on the merits, and I wish to operate as president on the merits. I think, on one level, we might say that I can affirm that women have the aptitude to do science or to do anything, including being president of Harvard.
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I feel like science fiction can get a bad rap sometimes because people make something just to throw an alien in it or just to make it weird, and it doesn't really have a story.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from the very beginning.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Magic is something that happens that appears to be impossible. What I call 'illusion magic' uses laws of science and nature that are already known. Real magic uses laws that haven't yet been discovered.
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In sport, as in science, business, and diplomacy, as Scots we understand that we benefit from the deep and diverse partnerships that make up the United Kingdom.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was an editor for supplemental math, science, and literature programs for the primary grades and became very well versed in elementary curriculum, particularly PreK-2.
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I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It's not that you say, 'I want to write a science fiction book.' You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marie Curie is in a class all her own as the first female winner and still the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different science categories. An astounding scientist.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is understandable that people want to know how it affects them. But as a scientist, I would hope society would be equally interested in fundamental science.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We read to our kids at bedtime because we want to have literacy, but what are we doing to make sure kids are equally fascinated by science?
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.
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- Nov 07, 2020