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....'

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.

Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that read more

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from read more

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
hypotheses or axioms.

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.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.