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    The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
    empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of
    hypotheses or axioms.

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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality

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What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

by Alan Turing Found in: Science Quotes,
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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.

by Richard Powers Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

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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

by Henri Poincar Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them read more

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all--the apathy of human beings.

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