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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.
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that read more
In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be
understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before.
But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
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 and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft read more
Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish
the barriers of nationality.
[Ger., Wissenschaft und Kunst gehoren der Welt an, und vor ihhen
verschwinden die Schranken der Nationalitat.]
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and read more
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology
If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely read more
If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.