In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea read more

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs

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.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a read more

I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.

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.

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

While bright-eyed science watches round.

While bright-eyed science watches round.

If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion

If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.

The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.