We journalists... are also extremely impressed with scientists, and we will, frankly, print just about any wacky thing they tell read more

We journalists... are also extremely impressed with scientists, and we will, frankly, print just about any wacky thing they tell us, especially if it involves outer space.

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great
scientist. They are wrong: it is read more

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great
scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute read more

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an read more

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.

It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help read more

It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve read more

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.

May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure read more

May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying read more

What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.