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Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) read more
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny....'
Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.
Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.
'Twas thus by the glare of false science betray'd,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to read more
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them read more
Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all--the apathy of human beings.
But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles read more
But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddles still bid us defiance,
Old questions of Why and of Whence.
For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.
For science is . . . like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.