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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He read more
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.
Science is the topography of ignorance.
Science is the topography of ignorance.
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's read more
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on
the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself
and before nature.
