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

All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and
childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.

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.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

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.

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.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is
blind.

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.