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

O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?

O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there,
To waft us home the message of despair?

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his read more

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.

Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.

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

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

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?

Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
set off a tornado in Texas?

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.

There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed, read more

There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed,
the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity
to comprehend the whole.