Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike read more

One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking read more

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is organised knowledge.

Science is organised knowledge.

How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.

How index-learning turns no student pale,
Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

While bright-eyed science watches round.

While bright-eyed science watches round.

There is no national science just as there is no national
multiplication table; what is national is no longer read more

There is no national science just as there is no national
multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.