- Mind
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.
- Nov 07, 2020
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember in 1967, when there was that terrible fire on NASA's Apollo 1 rocket that killed three astronauts, my father made pure oxygen and we lit this tiny cup and burned it. Suddenly, we had an unbelievable jet and a fire. You just could see exactly what had happened.
- Contribution
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
- High School And College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.
- Park
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
- Modeling
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- Nov 07, 2020