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Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no read more
Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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.
A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the read more
A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science read more
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so
called;
Which some professing have erred concerning faith. Grace be with
thee. Amen.
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.
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
