I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.

I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.

There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,

There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity.
- Sir Humphrey Davy,

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's read more

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time read more

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.

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

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

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of their faith read more

Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of their faith in the
orderliness of the universe.

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.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to read more

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.