Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, read more

Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

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.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

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.

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about
anything, and that all the read more

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about
anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to
verify my notions have only wasted my time.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

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.