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.

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,

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

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

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of
empirical facts by logical deduction from read more

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.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt

Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt

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

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

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.